 Oh! the bodily and mental wearisomeness of sitting six hours a day, staring idly at a page, without motion and without thought, and trembling at the gradual approach of the merciless giant. I never got a single prize, and once sat boobie at the annual...  Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen - Сторінка 158автори: John Hay Athole Macdonald - 1915 - 509 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 360 стор.
...tongue of Cicero and Csesar. In "Memorials of His Time," Lord Cockburn tells us that, when at school, the beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action, ever occurred to him ; nor did he fancy Latin was of any use except to torture boys. In youth-hood the future geologist... | |
 | 1856 - 352 стор.
...the merciless giant. I never got a single prize, and once sat booby at the annual public examination. The beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action...that Latin was of any use except to torture boys." He was constantly flogged : happily this crushed state of feeling was removed after he passed to the rector's... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1856 - 570 стор.
...merciless giant. I never got a single prize, and once sat boobie at the annual public examination. The beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action,...that Latin was of any use except to torture boys. " After four years of this class, I passed on to that of the rector, Dr. Alexander Adam, the author... | |
 | Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn - 1856 - 462 стор.
...merciless giant. I never got a single prize, and once sat fioobie at the annual public examination. The beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action,...that Latin was of any use except to torture boys. After four years of this class, I passed on to that of, the rector, Dr. Alexander Adam, the author... | |
 | 1856 - 784 стор.
...the merciless giant I never got a single prize, and once sat boobie at the annual public examination. The beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action...that Latin was of any use except to torture boys. The Rector of that period, Dr. Adam, was an estimable man, and he succeeded in securing the affections... | |
 | Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn - 1856 - 496 стор.
...Sftf boobie at the annual public examination. Thtf beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or actiont ever occurred to me; nor did I ever fancy that Latin was of any use except to torture boys. After four years of this class, I passed on to that of the rector, Dr. Alexander Adam, the author of... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 772 стор.
...prize, and once sat boobie at the annual public examination. It is no marvel that under such a master the beauty of no Roman word or thought or action ever occurred to him, or that he conceived Latin of any use, except to torture boys. After four years of this class,... | |
 | Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn - 1856 - 468 стор.
...never got a single prize, and once sat boobie at the annual public examination. The beauty of no Koman word, or thought, or action, ever occurred to me ; nor did I 8ver fancy that Latin was of any use except to torture boys. e Afier four years of this class, I passed... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - 1858 - 368 стор.
...tongue of Cicero and Csesar. In " Memorials of His Time," Lord Cockburn tells us that, when at school, the beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action, ever occurred to him; nor did he fancy Latin was of any use except to torture boys. In youth-hood the future geologist... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - 1858 - 340 стор.
...tongue of Cicero and Csesar. In " Memorials of His Time," Lord Cockburn tells us that, when at school, the beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action, ever occurred to him ; nor did he fancy Latin was of any use except to torture boys. In youthhood the future geologist... | |
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