 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 Seiten
...table of one of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers, and calculator...beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-first... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 Seiten
...they are, perhaps only now beginning to be felt — waa not only the most profound man of science — he whole were hearing, where were the smelling i But now hath kindest of human beings. His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject. One gentleman was a deep... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 502 Seiten
...they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...Northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally * Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage : The king said sail, But the wind said... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 642 Seiten
...not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator ol numbers, as adapted to practical purposes — was...beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band 1 have mentioned of Northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own fame... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 Seiten
...they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...only one of the most generally well-informed, but he was also one of the kindest of human beings." In his eightyfirst year, the alert, kind, benevolent... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1855 - 368 Seiten
...they are, are perhaps only now beginning to bo felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...purposes— was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of tho best and kindest of human beings. " There ho stood, surrounded by the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 550 Seiten
...they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...numbers as adapted to practical purposes, — was * Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage : The king said sail, But the wind said... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 548 Seiten
...they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...numbers as adapted to practical purposes, — was * Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage : The king said sail, But the wind said... | |
 | Thomas Osmond Summers - 1856 - 200 Seiten
...are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science—the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers as adapted to practical purposes—was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the kindest of human beings.... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 Seiten
...profound man of science — * Milton's ' Comus,' 1. 3. t Character of Watt ; see pp. 515, 516, infrh. " the most successful combiner of powers, and calculator...of the most generally well-informed, but one of the " beat and kindest of human beings. " There ho stood, surrounded by the little band I have " mentioned... | |
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... the world the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes,... 
