 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1876 - 672 էջ
...Writing to Winthrop, soon after his return, with some account of his visit to England, Williams says: "The Secretary of the Council (Mr. Milton), for my Dutch I read him, read me manv more languages." (Mass. Hist. ColL, XXX. 4.) 1 Some of the charges against John Warner on this... | |
 | Thomas B. Stockwell - 1876 - 468 էջ
...from a two years' visit in England, wrote thus of some of his employments while in that country : " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and with some persons, to practice the Hebrew, the Greek,Latin, French and Dutch. The secretary of the council (Mr. Milton) for... | |
 | Thomas B. Stockwell - 1876 - 474 էջ
...in that country : " It pleased the Lorn to call me for some time, and with some persons, to practice the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The secretary of the council (Mr. Mihon) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages. * * * I taught two young gentlemen, a... | |
 | David Masson - 1877 - 668 էջ
...of his American friends, after his return, his occupations while he had been in England, he says, " It pleased the Lord to call me, for " some time and...rules begin to be esteemed " a tyranny. I taught two gentlemen, a Parliament man's " sons, as we teach our children English, by words, phrases, " and constant... | |
 | David Masson - 1877 - 664 էջ
...of his American friends, after his return, his occupations while he had been in England, he says, " It pleased the Lord to call me, for " some time and...rules begin to be esteemed " a tyranny. I taught two gentlemen, a Parliament man's " sons, as we teach our children English, by words, phrases, " and constant... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 402 էջ
...persons to practice the Hebrew, the Greeke, Latine, French & Dutch. The secretarie of the Councell (Mr Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages. Grammar rules begin to bo esteemed a Tyrannic. I taught 2 young Gentlemen, a Parliament man's sons, as we teach our children... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1909 - 588 էջ
...in a letter to John Winthrop of Connecticut, dated at Providence, July 12, 1654, Williams writes, " The secretary of the council Mr. Milton, for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages" (p. 114). John Winthrop, Jr., it will also be remembered, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Edmund... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1880 - 888 էջ
...charter granted to Mr. Coddington. I give this remarkable passage in the words of this Anglo-American: " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time and with...Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch. The Secretary of the Cmmcil, Mr. Hilton, for my Dutch I read him, read me many mart languages. Grammar-rules begin to be... | |
 | George Edmundson - 1885 - 238 էջ
...rich stores of his varied learning in many different tongues ; " or, to quote Williams' own words, " It pleased the Lord to call me, for some time and...rules begin to be esteemed a tyranny. I taught two gentlemen, a Parliament 1 This letter is given in full in Knowles' "Life of Roger Williams," \ pp.... | |
 | 1885 - 396 էջ
...136). (2) Mr. Williams, in a letter to John Winthrop, the younger, in 1654, speaks of his studies in "the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch....my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages." (Narragansett Club Pub., VI. 261-62). See page 51. (3) Compare the Sadleir papers, printed in Narragansett... | |
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It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and with some persons, to practise the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages. 
