 | John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1873 - 872 pages
...their personal intimacy from a letter of Mr. Williams iKnowles's Memoir of Roger Williami, 264) : " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, "and with some persons, to practice the He'' brew, the Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch. ''The Secretary of the Council (Mr. Milton)... | |
 | Narragansett Club - Rhode Island - 1874 - 448 pages
...fome perfons, to practice the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch.1 Letters of Roger Williams. The Secretary of the Council, (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages. Grammar rules begin to beefteemed a tyranny. I taught two young gentlemen, a Parliament man's fons,... | |
 | History - 1873 - 410 pages
...their personal intimacy from a letter of Mr. Williams (Knowles's Memoir of Roger Williamt, 264) : " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, "and with gome persons, to practice the He'' brew, tho Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch. " The Secretary of the... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1876 - 672 pages
...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 many more languages." (Mass. Hist. Coll., XXX. 4.) 1 Some of the charges against John Warner on this occasion have been mentioned... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1876 - 672 pages
...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 - Education - 1876 - 468 pages
...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 - Education - 1876 - 474 pages
...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 - English literature - 1877 - 664 pages
...describing, for one 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...my Dutch I read him, read me " many more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed " a tyranny. I taught two gentlemen, a Parliament man's " sons,... | |
 | David Masson - 1877 - 668 pages
...describing, for one 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...my Dutch I read him, read me " many more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed " a tyranny. I taught two gentlemen, a Parliament man's " sons,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1909 - 588 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
