 ... not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them.  The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 334edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | William Mathews - 1883 - 396 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they did not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well ; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them I was... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1152 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them,...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well ; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them." The... | |
 | Jerome Paine Bates - 1886 - 882 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they did not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well ; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please, instead of informing them. ...... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 528 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well ; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 436 pages
...the success of his oratory on this occasion, " God knows I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...they would have understood me full as well." Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Walpole, who had listened to the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 426 pages
...the success of his oratory on this occasion, " God knows I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...they would have understood me full as well." Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Walpole, who had listened to the... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901 - 524 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them,...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 710 pages
...themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Slavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them." The... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1906 - 776 pages
...themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Slavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well ; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them." The... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1907 - 458 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me just as well ; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing... | |
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