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" ... progress in language, as to be able to articulate no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat of a truant, and did not very willingly exert his talents, being rather pressed into the service of literature, and it was necessary... "
Terrible Tractoration!!: A Poetical Petition Against Galvanising Trumpery ... - Page 91
by Thomas Green Fessenden - 1804 - 192 pages
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The Modern Philosopher: Or Terrible Tractoration! In Four Cantos, Most ...

Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1806 - 326 pages
...a salver, without spilling the smallest drop." The celebrated Leibnitz mentions another, a subject of the elector of Saxony, who could discourse in an...somewhat of a truant, and did not willingly exert That though imagination cures, "With aid of pair of patent skewers, his talents, being rather pressed...
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The Modern Philosopher: Or Terrible Tractoration! In Four Cantos, Most ...

Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1806 - 320 pages
...a salver, without spilling the smallest drop." The celebrated Leibnitz mentions another, a subject of the elector of Saxony, who could discourse in an...Greek, Latin, German, or English, however, he has liot stated; but Dr. Shaw, alluding to the same dog, says, undoubtedly under the influence of prejudice,...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 524 pages
...progress in language, as to be able to articulate no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat of a truant, and did not willingly exert his talents, being ratherpressed into the service of literature ; and it was necessary that the words should be first...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 380 pages
...no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat of a truant, and did not very willingly exert his talents, being rather pressed into the service of literature, and it was necessary that the words should be first pronounced to him each time before he spoke. The...
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The Naturalist, Volumes 1-2

1831 - 796 pages
...articulate no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat a truant, and did not very willingly exert his talents, being rather pressed into the service of literature, and it was necessary that the words should he first pronounced to him each time before he spoke.' The...
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Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels ..., Volume 3

1832 - 548 pages
...articulate no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat a truant, and did not very willingly exert his talents, being rather pressed into the service of literature ; and it was necessary that the words should be first pronounced to him each time before he spoke."...
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Terrible Tractoration, and Other Poems

Thomas Green Fessenden - Booksellers and bookselling - 1837 - 298 pages
...spilling the smallest drop." The celebrated Leibnitz mentions another, a subject of the-elector of Saxonv, who could discourse in an " intelligible manner,"...being rather pressed into the service of literature." ^7- ' . , Indeed, our greatest naturalists assure us, that this animal is far before the human species...
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The Percy Anecdotes, Revised Edition: To which is Added, a Valuable ...

Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...no lese than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat of a truant, and did not very Ʌz OٹH A jo EpJ , ' ߢ WF |F n 3 , f$ a*O>< W X [r and it was necessary that the words should be first pro-nounced to him each time before he spoke. The...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Volumes 1-2

Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat of a trnant, and did not very willingly exert his talents, being rather pressed into the service of literature, and it was necessary that the words should be first pronounced to him each time before he spoke. The...
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Shooting

Robert Blakey - 1854 - 210 pages
...no less than thirty words. It appears, however, that he was somewhat of a truant, and did not very willingly exert his talents, being rather pressed into the service of literature ; and it was necessary that the words should be first pronounced to him each time, which he, as it...
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