... any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could... Spirit of the English Magazines - Seite 2731820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry Howe - 1858 - 524 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...too, with most of the modern languages, and familiar wuh their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechamcian and... | |
| Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 1454 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...all the details of architecture, music, and law." Z8 WILLIAM COBBETT. ONE of the most remarkable self-made men that England can boast is William Cobbett,... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1858 - 656 Seiten
...physical science, might " perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been " inferred from liis usual occupations, and probably is not " generally...branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etyino" logy, and perfectly at home in all the details of arcliitec" ture, music, and law. He was well... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 440 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 Seiten
...of physical science, might " perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been " inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not "...branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymo" log)', and perfectly at home in all the details of architec" ture, music, and law. He was well... | |
| Perseverance - 1862 - 310 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might probably have been conjectured ; but it would not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...languages, -and familiar with their most recent literature. " His astonishing memory was aided, no doubt, in a great measure, by a still higher and rarer faculty,... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| Englishmen - 1863 - 912 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of achitecture, music, and law. He was well-acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar... | |
| James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiouity, •• 1 • ', ••• i i1 • ' . -...-.-.- .i :• • - '. .:...-,,! •!.-..•... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
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