 He, also, diligently common-placed the' substance of his reading, having acquired a very small but legible hand—" for," as his biographer observes, " where contracting is the main business, it is not well to write, as the fashion then was, uncial or...  The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of ... - Strana 20podľa Roger North - 1826Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - Počet stránok 428
...quoted by Boswell, vol. 3, p. 137. " HE acquired a ver)' small but legible hand (for common-placing) ; for where contracting is the main business, it is...fashion now is, uncial, or semi-uncial letters, to bxjk like pigs' ribs." — Life of Lord Keeper North, vol. 1, p. 20. EDWARD BARLOW, whose true name... | |
 | 1852 - Počet stránok 354
...his reading, having acquired a very small but legible hand — "for," as his biographer observes, " where contracting is the main business, it is not well to write, as the fashion then was, uncial or semi-uncial letters to look like pig's ribs." In his studies, he was wont by turns... | |
 | 1858 - Počet stránok 250
...commonplace as he read. He had no bad memory, but was diffident, and would not trust it. He acquired а verу small but legible hand ; for, where contracting is...not well to write, as the fashion now is, uncial or semi -uncial letters, to look like pigs' ribs. His writing in his commonplaces was not by way of index,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1864 - Počet stránok 358
...his reading, having acquired a very small but legible hand — "for," as his biographer observes, " where contracting is the main business, it is not well to write, as the fashion then was, uncial or semi-uncial letters to look like pig's ribs." In his studies, he was wont by turns... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1866 - Počet stránok 266
...a very small but legible hand; for, where contracting is the main business," adds his biographer, " it is not well to write, as the fashion now is, uncial or semiuncial letters, to look like pigs' ribs." For his personal appearance, it is thus described: " He was of low stature, but had an amiable ingenuous... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1866 - Počet stránok 262
...said, it was our young lawyer's constant practice to "common-place" as he read, and thus, we are told "he acquired a very small but legible hand; for, where contracting is the main business," adds his biographer, " it is not well to write, as the fashion now is, uncial or semiuncial letters,... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - Počet stránok 560
...commonplacing : — " It was his lordship's constant practice to commonplace as he read. He had no bad memory but was diffident and would not trust it. He acquired...legible hand, for where contracting is the main business (of law) it is not well to write as the fashion now is, in uncial or semi-uncial letters to look like... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - Počet stránok 562
...lordship's constant practice to commonplace as he read. He had no bad memory but was diffident and and would not trust it. He acquired a very small but...legible hand, for where contracting is the main business (of law) it is not well to write as the fashion now is, in uncial or semi-uncial letters to look like... | |
 | Roger North - 1890 - Počet stránok 482
...memory. 17. It was hit lordship's constant practice to common- * place as he read. He had no bad memory, but was diffident • and would not trust it. He acquired...; for where contracting is the main business, ^ it ii not well to write, as the fashion now in, uncial or semiuncial letters to look like pigs' ribs.... | |
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