 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the Etudies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should...occupations, and probably is not generally known, that ne was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly... | |
 | Europe - 1823 - 944 pages
...the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to...of the branches of physical science, might perhaps liave been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably... | |
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - Inventors - 1829 - 418 pages
...he read so accurately and so well. His information was general. That he should have been intimately and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts,...not have been inferred from his usual occupations, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology ;... | |
 | 1829 - 298 pages
...leisure which are afforded from business enriched his mind with the treasure of science and literature. " That he should have been minutely and extensively...arts and in most of the branches of physical science" observes his biographer, " might have been conjectured ; but it would not have been inferred from his... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 432 pages
...the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to...not 'have been inferred from his usual occupations, and1' probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity,... | |
 | Biography - 1838 - 482 pages
...of the inwtmation which he poured out upon it without effort T hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined, in any degree,...studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That ^e should have been minutely and extensively skilled ^ chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Technology & Engineering - 1840 - 576 pages
...the information which he poured out upon it " without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass " of knowledge confined in any degree...chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of phy" sical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not " have been inferred from... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Steam-engines - 1840 - 574 pages
...the information whicti he poured out upon it " without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass " of knowledge confined in any degree...chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of phy" sical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not " have been inferred from... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1840 - 288 pages
...the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to...should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chymistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured... | |
 | English essays - 1841 - 736 pages
...the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude or compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the...should have been minutely and extensively skilled in and both multiplied and diffused the conveniences and enjoyments of human life." Mr. Huskisson said,... | |
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... had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable clearness of the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and... 
