 They treat me more like a near relation than a stranger, and their house is always open to me. The old gentleman carries me to Cambridge in his chaise. He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as Parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon...  The Quarterly Review - Page 189edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 pages
...in his chaise, He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as Parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a dutchess. The son, who belongs to Cambridge, is a most amiable young man, and the daughter quite of... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 pages
...He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as Parson Adams. His wife has a very nncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a duchess. The son, who belongs to Cambridge, is a most amiable young man, and the daughter quite of a piece with the rest... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...in his chaise. He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as Parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much, to excellent...purpose, and is more polite than a duchess. The son, who belongs to Cambridge, is a most amiable young man ; and the daughter quite of a piece with the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 324 pages
...in his chaise. He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent...purpose, and is more polite than a duchess. The son, who belongs to Cambridge, is a most amiable young man, and the daughter quite of a piece with the rest... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...in his chaise ; he is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a dutchess ; she treats me with an affection so truly Christian, that I could almost fancy my own mother... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...in his chaise. He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as Parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent...purpose, and is more polite than a duchess. The son, who belongs to Cambridge, is a. most amiable young man, and the daughter quite of a piece with the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...in his chaise. He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent...purpose, and is more polite than a duchess. The son who belongs to Cambridge, is a most amiable young man, arid the daughter quite of a piece with the... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...in his chaise; he is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a duchess ; she treats me with an affection so truly Christian, that I could almost fancy my own mother restored... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 pages
...in his chaise ; he is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams, His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a duchess ; she treats me with an affection so truly Christian, that 1 could almost fancy my own mother restored... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 376 pages
...in his chaise. He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as Parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much, to excellent...purpose, and is more polite than a duchess. The son, who belongs to Cambridge, is a most amiable young man, and the daughter quite of a piece with the rest... | |
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