 My father," says he in his Memoirs, " had been afflicted with a palsy for several years before his death. I have heard him ask twenty times in a day, ' What is the name of the lad that is at college ? ' (my elder brother) ; and yet he was able to repeat,...  Sketches of the Philosophy of Life - Seite 291von Sir Thomas Charles Morgan - 1819 - 466 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Watson - 1818 - 466 Seiten
...afflicted much with a palsy for several years before. I have heard him ask twenty times in a day, what it the name of the lad that is at College? (my elder...blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors. This reminiscence of ideas, formerly impressed on the brain, and forgetfulness of recent ones, is no... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1818 - 454 Seiten
...November, 1753, and had been afflicted much with a palsy for several years before. I have heard him ask twenty times in a day, what is the name of the lad that is at College j (my elder brother;) and yet he was able to repeat, without a blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1822 - 312 Seiten
...his Memoirs, "had been afflicted with a palsy for several years before his death. I have heard him ask twenty times in a day, What is the name of the...blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors." VI. Of the Improvement of Memory. 255. The cultivation of so noble a faculty as the Memory, is a matter... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1825 - 700 Seiten
...an apoplectic attack. '«>««• " I have heard him ask twenty times a-day," says Dr. Watson, " ' what is the name of the lad that is at college?' (my...blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors"]:. And hence, there is no reason for discrediting the story of a German statesman, a Mr. Von B. related... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1825 - 692 Seiten
...result of an apoplectic attack, names. " I have heard him ask twenty times a-day," says Dr. Watson, " ' what is the name of the lad that is at college?' (my...without a blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors"J. And hence, there is no reason for discrediting the story of a German statesman, a Mr. Von... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 Seiten
...his father, — " He had been afflicted much with a palsy for several years before. I have heard him ask, twenty times in a day, ' What is the name of...blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors." Montaigne says, — " So great is my difficulty in remembering proper names, that I am forced to call... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1835 - 312 Seiten
...with a palsy for several years before his death. I have heard him ask twenty times in a day, ' Wkat is the name of the lad that is at college ? ' (my...blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors." VI. Of the Improvement of Memory. 255. The cultivation of so noble a faculty as the Memory, is a matter... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1837 - 312 Seiten
...his Memoirs, " had been afflicted with a palsy for several years before his death. I have heard him ask twenty times in a day, ' What is the name of the...blunder, hundreds of lines out of classic authors." VI. Of the Improvement of Memory. 255. The cultivation of so noble a faculty as the Memory, is a matter... | |
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