 | John Nichols - 1812 - 794 páginas
...(Feilding), and Mr. Henry Fielding with the I first, (Fielding.) " I cannot tell, my Lord," answered Harry, " except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew how to spell." Mr. Fielding has afforded another instance how much it is to be lamented that genius and talents are... | |
 | 1837 - 860 páginas
...names differently ; the earl's family doing it with the e first (Feilding), and Mr. Henry with the < first (Fielding). " I cannot tell, my lord,'' answered...the family were the first that knew how to spell." MILLKR AND HKRSCHEL. — About the year 1760, as Dr. Miller, the organist, was dining at Pontefract,... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1846 - 362 páginas
...family spelling it Feild, and the player spelling it Field ? ' I cannot tell,' answered the player ; 'except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew to spell.' " This anecdote serves to show how long the memory of Field survived ; but the same story... | |
 | John Noake - 1851 - 430 páginas
...their names differently, the Earl's family doing it with the e first and Mr. Henry with the i first : " I cannot tell, my lord (answered the great novelist),...the family were the first that knew how to spell." I saw here no other memorials of the dead which are worthy of note, but in the yard is a stone erected... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 346 páginas
...the EARL of DENBIGH, with whose family his own was closely connected ; his lordship asked the reason why they spelt their names differently, the Earl's...the family were the first that knew how to spell." CLXV. CAPTAIN LENTHALL. July 12, 1837. C. Montagu told to me the following story of Captain Lcnthall,... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 360 páginas
...reason why they spelt their names differently, the Earl's family doing it with the e first, Fdldlng, and MR HENRY with the i first, Fielding. " I cannot...the family were the first that knew how to spell." CLXV. CAPTAIN LENTHALL. July 12, 1837. C. Montagu told to me the following story of Captain Lentha'l,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 páginas
...was, during these last years; and still more clearly, how he comported himself through all. said he, " except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew how to spell." "Whilst I was preparing for my journey, and when I was almost fatigued to death with several long examinations,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 páginas
..." Fielding," and not " Feilding," like the head of the house ? "I cannot tell, my lord," said he, " except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew how to spell." 1 In 1749, he was made Justice of the Peace for Westminster and Middlesex, an office then paid by fees,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 páginas
...melancholy, his view of truth never warped, and his eenerous human kindness never surrendered.* said he, " except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew now to spell." *In 1749, he was made Justice of the Peace for Westminster and Middlesex, an office... | |
 | John Payne Collier - 1853 - 676 páginas
...family spelling itFeild, and the player spelling it Field ? ' I cannot tell,' answered the player ; ' except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew to spell.' " This aneedote serves to show how long the memory of Field survived ; but the same story... | |
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I cannot tell, my lord," said he, " except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew how to spell. 
