 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...curiosity redoubled ; he sat down upon a bank, and requested a detail of all his proceedings in becoming so learned. ' I first learned to read,' said Stone...' the masons were then at work upon your house : I went near them one day, and I saw that the architect lued a rule, compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 518 pages
...to no more than having been taught to read by a servant of the duke's, about ten years before. " 1 first learned to read," said Stone; " the masons were then at work upon your house : I went near them one day, and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 522 pages
...amounted to no more than having been taught to read by a servant of the duke's, about ten years before. " I first learned to read," said Stone; " the masons were then at work upon your house: I went near them one day, and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Arminianism - 1850 - 698 pages
...Duke's curiosity was redoubled : he sat down on a bank, and requested a detail of all his proceedings. " I first learned to read," said Stone : " the masons were then at work upon your house. J went near them one day, and saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1824 - 492 pages
...curiosity was redoubled ; he sat down upon a bench, and requested a detail of bis proceedings on becoming so learned. ' I first learned to read,' said Stone;...' the masons were then at work upon your house ; I went near them one day, and saw the architect use a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...curiosity was redoubled ; he sat down upon a bench, and requested a detail of his proceedings in becoming so learned. ' I first learned to read,' said Stone...' the masons were then at work upon your house; I went near them one day, and saw the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 pages
...curiosity redoubled — he sat down upon a bank, and requested a detail of all his proceedings in becoming so learned. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone : ' the masons were then at work upon your house : 1 went near them one day, and I saw that the architect used a rule, compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...letters in order to learn everything else that one wishes?' The Duke's curiosity redoubled : he sat down on a bank, and requested a detail of the whole process...that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and use of these things, and I was... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...in order to learn every thing else that one wishes?' The Duke's curiosity re-doubled : he sat down on a bank, and requested a detail of the whole process by which he had become so learned. j " ' I first learned to read,' said Stone ; ' the masons were then at work upon your house. I approached... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...letters in order to learn every thing else that one wishes V The duke's curiosity redoubled : he sat down on a bank, and requested a detail of the whole process...that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and use of these things, and I was... | |
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I first learned to read,' said Stone ; ' the masons were then at work upon your house. I approached them one day, and observed that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and use of... 
