 | Ireland - 1838 - 726 pages
...hospitality common in the country, 1 was invited to sit down under the corridor and take a cigar and a mate. A celestial globe, a large telescope, and a theodolite...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books of law; a few on the inductive sciences; some in French and some in Latin, upon subjects of general... | |
 | John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson - Paraguay - 1838 - 248 pages
...actions. Passing from this subject, he was pleased that I should know what were his occupations. He introduced me to his library, in a confined room,...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French and some in Latin upon subjects of... | |
 | John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson - Paraguay - 1838 - 402 pages
...actions. Passing from this subject, he was pleased that I should know what were his occupations. He introduced me to his library, in a confined room,...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French and some in Latin upon subjects of general... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...actions. Passing from this subject, he was pleased that I should know what were his occupations. He introduced me to his library, in a confined room,...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French and some in Latin, upon subjects of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...if any, was of the last degree of insignificance, and may be left out, or supplied ad libitum : " He introduced me to his library, in a confined room,...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French and some in Latin upon subjects of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...last degree of insignificance, and may be left out, or supplied ad libitum : " He introduced me to hie library, in a confined room, with a very small window,...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences; some in French and some in Latin upon subjects of general... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - America - 1844 - 338 pages
...was no other than Doctor Francia. He introduced me to his library, in a confined room, with a ?ery small window, and that so shaded by the roof of the...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French and some in Latin upon subjects of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - America - 1844 - 332 pages
...other than Doctor Francia. He introduced me to his lib.-ary, in a confined room, with a very email window, and that so shaded by the roof of the corridor...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French and some in Latin upon subjects of... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...portico ; and I immediately inferred that the personage Before me was no other than Doctor Francia. He introduced me to his library, in a confined room,...of three hundred volumes. There were many ponderous books on law ; a few on the inductive sciences ; some in French, and some in Latin, upon subjects of... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - English essays - 1860 - 534 pages
...any, was of the la-t degree of insignificance, and may be left out, or supplied aII libitum : ' lie introduced me to his library, in a confined room,...with a very small window, and that so shaded by the root' of the corridor, as to admit the least portion of light necessary for study. The library was... | |
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He introduced me to his library, in a confined room, with a very small window, and that so shaded by the roof of the corridor, as to admit the least portion of light necessary for study. The library was arranged on three rows of shelves, extending across... 
