Acquirements

Here he spent his leisure Hours not as Servants too frequently do, in Drinking and Schemes of Pleasure, but in improving his Mind; and among other Acquirements, he made himself a complete Master of Accompts.

Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 Anonymous

But never did any one imagine, that these means of Discipline, or any other, were Steps to the attaining the Gift of Prophecy, which always depended, not upon Mens Acquirements or Improvements in that which is good, but upon the _positive Will of God_.

The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

Fellowship in this University, is a demonstrative Test of comprehensive native Talents, thorough intellectual Cultivation, deep and various learned Acquirements.

An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland Henry Brooke

When in the Convent, my progress had always exceeded my instructions, my Acquirements had been wonderfull for my age, and I had shortly surpassed my Masters.

Love And Freindship Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1922

Lord Campbell's 'Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements considered' (1859);

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

Acquirements are not hereditary, like habits and peculiarities, physical or mental.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Acquirements are not hereditary, like habits and peculiarities, physical or mental.

Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Acquirements are not hereditary, like habits and peculiarities, physical or mental.

Education of the Negro Charles Dudley Warner 1864

CRANSTON, a young Lady of genteel Acquirements, and of a most amiable Disposition.

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts 1860

Acquirements, again, are emphatically producible, and at a moment; they are a something to show, both for master and scholar; an audience, even though ignorant themselves of the subjects of an examination, can comprehend when questions are answered and when they are not.

The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin John Henry Newman 1845