 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 516 pages
...her's, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin, with fluency, propriety and judgment ; she also spoke Greek with...she greatly prefers a simple elegance to show and splendor, so despising ' the putward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold,' that in... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1819 - 648 pages
...retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin, with fluency, propriety, and judgement ; she also spoke Greek with me, frequently, willingly,...decoration, she greatly prefers a simple elegance to shew and splendor, so despising the outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold, that... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Courts and courtiers - 1821 - 434 pages
...her's, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin, with fluency, propriety, and judgment ; she also spoke Greek with...whether in the Greek or Roman character. In music she is verj skilful, but does not greatly delight. With respect to personal decoration, she greatly prefers... | |
 | Brief memoirs - 1823 - 196 pages
...than hers, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin with fluency, propriety, and judgment; she also spoke Greek with...decoration, she greatly prefers a simple elegance to shew and splendour, so despising ' the outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold,'... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1823 - 514 pages
...her's, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin, with fluency, propriety and judgment ; she also spoke Greek with...than her handwriting, whether in the Greek or Roman charactej. In music she is very skilful, but does not greatly delight. With respect to personal decoration,... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...than hers, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English; Latin with fluency, propriety, and judgment : she also spoke Greek with...than her handwriting, whether in the Greek or Roman characters. In music she is very skilful, but does not greatly delight. "'With respect to personal... | |
 | William Gray - English prose literature - 1835 - 120 pages
...than hers, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin with fluency, propriety, and judgment : she also spoke Greek with...handwriting, whether in the Greek or Roman character. In musie in the state were laid open to learning and its patrons ; and that the cabinet boasted of a Burleigh,... | |
 | William Gray - English literature - 1835 - 124 pages
...than hers, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin with fluency, propriety, and judgment : she also spoke Greek with...willingly, and moderately well. Nothing can be more elegant *han her handwriting, whether in the Greek or Roman character. In music in the state were laid open... | |
 | Friedrich von Raumer - Great Britain - 1837 - 574 pages
...than hers, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English; Latin with fluency, propriety, and judgment; she also spoke Greek with...than her handwriting, whether in the Greek or Roman characters. In music she is very skilful, but does not greatly delight. With respect to personal decoration,... | |
 | Friedrich von Raumer - Great Britain - 1837 - 574 pages
...moderately well. Nothing can be more elegant than her handwriting, whether in the Greek or Roman characters. In music she is very skilful, but does not greatly...she greatly prefers a simple elegance to show and splendor, so despising the outward adorning of plaiting the hair and wearing of gold, that, in the... | |
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No apprehension can be quicker than her's, no memory more retentive. French and Italian she speaks like English ; Latin, with fluency, propriety and judgment ; she also spoke Greek with me, frequently, willingly, and moderately well. Nothing can be more... 
