 | William James Ashley - 1900 - 516 pages
...excuses, they were received with smiles. ' The slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment ; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. No plan of study was recommended for my use ; no exercises were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 pages
...e'ternelle ; mais que la queue pourrait en etre un. "J motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment ; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect.1 Had the hour of lecture been constantly filled, a single hour... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1904 - 712 pages
...was admitted with the same indulgence ; the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad was allowed as a worthy impediment, aor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect." No wonder he spoke with indignation of... | |
 | Charles Franklin Thwing - 1906 - 556 pages
...was admitted with the same indulgence : the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. Had the hour of lecture been constantly filled, a single hour was... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 694 pages
...was admitted with the same indulgence: the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. Had the hour of lecture been constantly filled, a single hour was... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1909 - 328 pages
...was admitted with the same indulgence : the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment ; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. Had the hour of lecture been constantly filled, a single hour was... | |
 | 1912 - 496 pages
...was admitted with the same indulgence ; the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad was allowed as a worthy impediment ; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. Had the hour of lecture been constantly filled, a single hour was... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1923 - 472 pages
...was admitted with the same indulgence ; the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment, nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. The succeeding college tutor to whom he was apportioned "remembered... | |
 | 1897 - 962 pages
...they were received with smiles. •• The slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment ; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect. No plan of study was recommended for my use ; no exercises were... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 612 pages
...was admitted with the fame indulgence : the flighted motive of lazinefs or indifpofition, the rrioft trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed...nor did my tutor appear confcious of my' abfence or negfeft. Had the hour of lefture been conftantly filled, a tingle hour was a fmall portion of my academic... | |
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I repeated the offence with less ceremony; the excuse was admitted with the same indulgence: the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment; nor did my tutor appear... 
