...early distinguished for my classical attainments, especially for my knowledge of Greek. At thirteen, I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen, my command...I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, bnt could converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment — an accomplishment which I have...

...acquaintance, from being reputed to have brought upon myself all the sufferings which 1 shall have to record, great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric...in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment — an accomby a long course of indulgence in plishment which I have not since this practice purely for the...

...a better Grecian than his tutor. He was in fact an excellent classic, and at the age of fifteen, " not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently and without embarrassment," so perfectly, that one of his own masters, who was himself a scholar, has said of him "that boy could...

...a better Grecian than his tutor. He was in fact an excellent classic, and at the age of fifteen, ' not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently and without embarrassment,' so perfectly, that one of his own masters, who was himself a scholar, has said of him ' that boy could...

...Princes' Tavern, in Crossstreet, corner of Princess-street, in Manchester. At the age of 1 5, De Quincey "not only composed Greek verses, in lyric metres,...converse in Greek fluently and without embarrassment," so perfectly, that one of his own masters, who was himself a scholar, has said of him, " that boy could...

...Tavern, in Cross-street, corner of Princess-street, in Manchester. At the age of fifteen, De Quincey not only composed Greek verses, in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently and without embarrassment, so perfectly, that one of his own masters, who was himself a scholar, has said of him, " that boy could...

...early distinguished for my classical attainments, especially for my knowledge of Greek. At thirteen I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen my command...was owing to the practice of daily reading off the newspapers into the best Greek I could furnish extempore : for the necessity of ransacking my memory...

...command of that language was so great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but would converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment...was owing to the practice of daily reading off the newspapers into the best Greek I could furnish extempore; for the necessity of ransacking my memory...

...early distinguished for my classical attainments, especially for my knowledge of Greek. At thirteen I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen my command...not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but would converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment — an accomplishment which I have not...

...early distinguished for my classical attainments, especially for my knowledge of Greek. At thirteen I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen my command...not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but would converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment — an accomplishment which I have not...