 ... 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
 | Paul Elmer More - 1908 - 286 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 gave... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1908 - 290 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could jnst as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me fall as well; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing... | |
 | 1925 - 138 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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901 - 438 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 gave... | |
 | 1912 - 712 pages
...them believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me fully as well; so I resolved to do better than to speak to the purpose, and to please them instead... | |
 | Ralph Gun Hoy Siu - 1957 - 202 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 better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave them,... | |
 | Thomas William Körner - 1996 - 548 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they did not. For my own part, I should 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 gave... | |
 | Edward M. Reingold, Nachum Dershowitz - 2001 - 458 pages
...them believe that they knew something themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and could have understood me full as well: so I resolved. . . to please instead of informing them. I gave... | |
 | William Mathews - 2005 - 377 pages
...themselves, which they did not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Selavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well j so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. ....... | |
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