But my father, in all his teaching, demanded of me not only the utmost that I could do, but much that I could by no possibility have done. Autobiography - Page 5by John Stuart Mill - 1873 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1873 - 824 pages
...the first six Dialogues (in the common arrangement) of Plato, from the Euthyphron to the Thesstetus inclusive : ' which last dialogue, I venture to think,...the utmost that I could do, but much that I could ly no possibility have done.' From 1810 to 1813 (from four years of age to seven) he read and made... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1874 - 802 pages
...Theaetctus, '• as it was totally impossible that I should understand it." "But my father," lie adds, " in all his teaching, demanded of me not only the utmost...but much that I could by no possibility have done." He learned no Latin till his eighth year. Arithmetic he was taught in the evenings, and found it very... | |
| Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1874 - 524 pages
...1813 [at seven years of age], the first six Dialogues of Plato, from the Euthrypson to the Theoctetus inclusive; which last dialogue, I venture to think,...it was totally impossible I should understand it. [This implies that he understood the others I] The lessons were only a part of the daily instruction... | |
| Edmund Burke - Books - 1874 - 622 pages
...Euthyphron ' to the 'Thesetetus' inclusive; which last dialogue," he adds with characteristic caution. " I venture to think would have been better omitted,...it was totally impossible I should understand it." In his eighth year he began Latin, and between that and his twelfth year he read an immense quantity... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1874 - 630 pages
...Euthyphron ' to tho •Theaetetus' inclusive; which last dialogue," he adds with characterise caution, " I venture to think would have been better omitted,...it was totally impossible I should understand it." In his eighth year he began Latin, and between that and his twelfth year he read an immense quantity... | |
| Scotland - 1874 - 804 pages
...Greek authors is given which he was bound to read and digest ; his father demanding in all things " not only the utmost that I could do, but much that I could by no possibility have done." His infantine recreations were to walk with his father, narrating to him the substance of his last... | |
| England - 1874 - 802 pages
...Greek authors is given which he was bound to read and digest ; his father demanding in all things " not only the utmost that I could do, but much that I could by no possibility have done." His infantino recreations were to walk with his father, narrating to him the substance of his last... | |
| Edmund Burke - Books - 1874 - 650 pages
...Euthypbron ' to the ' Thesetetus ' inclusive ; which last dialogue," he adds with characteristic caution, " I venture to think would have been better omitted,...it was totally impossible I should understand it." In his eighth year he began Latin, and between that and his twelfth year he read an immense quantity... | |
| James Simson - American literature - 1875 - 222 pages
...it was given, could be of little or no use, as an example, in the teaching of children at schools. " My father, in all his teaching, demanded of me not...but much that I could by no possibility have done " (p. 5). " One of the most impatient of men " (p. 6). " I was continually incurring his displeasure... | |
| Literature - 1876 - 1072 pages
...before he was three years old ; at seven he was reading Dialogues of Plato, including the TheaetetuB, " which last dialogue, I venture to think, would have...it was totally impossible I should understand it." Then he took Latin in hand, reading all that is to be read — an incredible list of authors. At twelve... | |
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