 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 340 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign my hope of one day succeeding to Mr Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite...so. I could not guess the motives for this at first j but at length I discovered that my master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study, at every interval ol leisure. These intervals were not very frequent ;...master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a treatise on algebra,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1827 - 730 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite...them was found out, they were rendered still less so. 1 could not guess the motives for this at first; but at length I discovered that my Master destined... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...spirits were now tumbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite...were not very frequent ; and when the use I made of the.n was found outy they were rendered still less so. I could not guess the motives for this at first... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...were now humbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdou, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...were not very frequent ; and when the use I made of the.n was found out, they were rendered still less so. I could not guess the motives for this at first... | |
 | English essays - 1827 - 728 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study, at every interval of leisure. These interval* were not very fiequent; and when the use 1 made of them was found out, they were rendered... | |
 | 1827 - 330 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign my hope of one day succeeding to Mr Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study at every interval of leisure. I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1828 - 628 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and, therefore, secretly prosecuted my favourite...master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. " I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a Treatise on Algebra,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1828 - 526 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and, therefore, secretly prosecuted my favourite...master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. " I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a Treatise on Algebra,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...spirits were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign my hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite...master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. " I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a treatise on algebra,... | |
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I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study, at every interval of leisure. These intervals were not very frequent ; and when the use I made of them was found out,... 
