 | International peace society - 232 頁
...understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing, and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of Christchurch often say, that his company... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1821 - 614 頁
...understood the surveying or lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have heard some of the. ancients of Christ-church often say, that his... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1821 - 612 頁
...understood the surveying or lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of Christ-church often say, that his company... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 830 頁
...understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who...and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of Christchurch often say, that his company was very facetious and juvenile ; and no man in his time did... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1826 - 608 頁
...melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of...that his company was very merry, facete, and juvenile ; and no man in his time did surpass him for his ready and dextrous interlarding his common discourses... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 頁
...understood the surveying of lands* As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person, so by others who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing, and charity. I have often heard some of the ancients of Christ's Church say, that his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 頁
...understood the surveying of lands. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourerof authors, a melancholy and humorous person, so by others who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing, and charity. I have often heard some of the ancients of •Christ's Church say, that... | |
 | 1836 - 600 頁
...the surveying of lands well. As lie was by many accounted a se\ere student, a davourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing, and charity. I have heard some of the antienU of Christchurch often say that his company... | |
 | 1836 - 528 頁
...understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourcr of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing, and charity. I have heard some of the nntients of Christchurch often say that his company... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1837 - 644 頁
...understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have heard some of the ancients of Christ-church often say, that his company... | |
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Wood's character of him is, that "he was an exact mathematician, a curious calculator of nativities, a general read scholar, a thorough-paced philologist, and one that understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student,... 
