 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 1116 стор.
...learned to do so. Having satisfied him on these points, he turned to Dr. Petrie, and said : ' Petrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...for any foolish purpose. I never knew anything about thtjm before, and I had no right to have undertaken the History of Ireland.* Three volumes of his history... | |
 | 1861 - 354 стор.
...sat Lifted him upon thjse points, lie turned to Dr. Pétrie, and said ; — ' Pétrie, these hu¿e tomes could not have been written by fools or for any' foolish purpose. I never knew anything about th- и before, and I had no right to have und'crtakeii the Hist;" v of Ireland.' Three volumes of his... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 814 стор.
...learned to do so. Having satisfied him upon these points, he turned to Dr. Petrie and said : ' Petrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...right to have undertaken the History of Ireland.' " And from that day Moore, it is said, lost all heart for going on with his History of Ireland, and... | |
 | 1867 - 262 стор.
...transcriptions from the old Gaedhlic manuscripts, he was equally astonished and disconcerted. "Petrie," he said, "these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...right to have undertaken the History of Ireland." Since then, through the labours of several learned men and societies, a large number of Gaedhlic works... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 218 стор.
...learned to do so. Having satisfied him upon these points, he turned to Dr. Petrie and said :—' Petrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...no right to have undertaken the History of Ireland' " And from that day Moore, it is said, lost all heart for going on with his History of Ireland, and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 216 стор.
...it was only the importunity of the publishers which induced him to bring out the remaining volume. Could not have been written by fools, or for any foolish purpose. That is, I am convinced, a true presentiment to have in one's mind when one looks at Irish documents... | |
 | Mary-Frances Cusack, Mary Francis Cusack - 1868 - 642 стор.
...Masters, and other treasures of Gaedhilic lore, he turned to Dr. Petrie, and exclaimed : " These large tomes could not have been written by fools or for...right to have undertaken the History of Ireland." His publishers, who had less scruples, or more utilitarian views, insisted on the completion of his... | |
 | Ulick Joseph Bourke - 1875 - 588 стор.
...learned to do so. Having satisfied him upon these points, he turned to Dr. Pétrie, and said : ' Pétrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...no right to have undertaken the history of Ireland. The first sentence in a new book — Lectures on the Early History of Institutiom, by Sir Henry Sumner... | |
 | Ulick Joseph Bourke - 1875 - 570 стор.
...learned to do so. Having satisfied him upon these points, he turned to Dr. Petrie, and said : ' Petrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...no right to have undertaken the history of Ireland. The first sentence in a new book — Lectures on the Early History of Institutions, by Sir Henry Sumner... | |
 | Ulick Joseph Bourke - 1875 - 576 стор.
...learned to do so. 1 laving satisfied him upon these points, ho turned to Dr. Petrie, and said : ' Petrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools...knew anything about them before, and I had no right ti have undertaken the history of Ireland. The first sentence in a new book — Lectures on the Early... | |
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Petrie, these huge tomes could not have been written by fools or for any foolish purpose. I never knew anything about them before, and I had no right to have undertaken the History of Ireland... 
