 | Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...to visile. He received me exceeding kindly. Jn discourse with him, he told me how greate the losse of time was to study much the Eastern languages ; that excepting Hebrew, there was little fruite to be gather'd of exceeding labour ; that besides some mathematical bookes, the Arabic itselfe... | |
 | James Ussher, Charles Richard Elrington - 1847 - 528 pages
...went to visite. He recciv'd me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him he told me how greate the loss of time was to study much the Eastern languages ; that excepting Hebrew there was little fruite to be gather'd of exceeding labour ; that besides some mathematical bookes, the Arabic itself... | |
 | James Ussher - Bible - 1847 - 562 pages
...went to visite. He receiv'd me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him he told me how grcate the loss of time was to study much the Eastern languages ; that excepting Hebrew there was little fruite to be gather'd of exceeding labour ; that besides some mathematical bookes, the Arabic itself... | |
 | John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1870 - 788 pages
...wente to visite. He receiv'd me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him he told me how greate the losse of time was to study much the Eastern languages : that excepting Hebrew there was little fruite to be gather'd of exceeding labour ; that besides , ' j some mathematical bookes, the Arabic... | |
 | James Wills - 1875 - 760 pages
...went to visite. He received me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him he told me how greate the losse of time was to study much the Eastern languages ; that excepting Hebrew, there was little fruite to be gathered of exceeding labour; that besides some mathematical bookes, the Arabic itselfe... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 752 pages
...went to visite. He received me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him he told me how greate the losse of time was to study much the Eastern languages; that excepting Hebrew, there was little fruite to be gathered of exceeding labour; that besides some mathematical bookes, the Arabic itselfe... | |
 | John Evelyn - Autobiography - 1879 - 652 pages
...wente tovisite. He receiv'd me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him he told me how greate the losse of time was to study much the Eastern languages : that excepting Hebrew there was little fruite to be gather'd of exceeding labour ; that besides some mathematical bookes, the Arabic itselfe... | |
 | John Evelyn - Europe - 1901 - 432 pages
...went to visit. He received me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him, he told me how great the loss of time was to study much the Eastern languages; that,...there was little fruit to be gathered of exceeding labor; that, besides some mathematical books, the Arabic itself had little considerable; that the best... | |
 | John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1906 - 500 pages
...went to visit. He received me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him, he told me how great the loss of time was to study much the Eastern languages ;...errors, about which he was then writing ; that St. Jerome's was to be valued next the Hebrew ; also that the seventy translated the Pentateuch only, the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1917 - 1446 pages
...to ?robe to their roots in the ground of history, le told Evelyn (21 Aug. 1655) ' how great the loss of time was to study much the eastern languages ;...was little fruit to be gathered of exceeding labour . . . the Arabic itself had little considerable.' His genius as a scholar was shown in his eye for... | |
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Archbishop of Armagh, the learned James Usher, whom I went to visit. He received me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him, he told me how great the lose of time was to study much the Eastern languages ; that, excepting Hebrew, there was little fruit... 
