 ... admirable clearness of 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 the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been...  The Annual Biography and Obituary - Page 3961820Full view - About this book
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...with his ordinary pursuits. That be should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical...occupations, and probably is not generally known; that he was :uriously learned in many branches of antiquity,- metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly... | |
 | 1819 - 780 pages
...were immense, —and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed us if every subject that was casually started in conversation...occupations, and probably is not generally known, that be was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly... | |
 | 1819 - 708 pages
...Hii stores of miscellaneous knowledge were immense, — and yrt less astonishing than the commaud be had at all times over them. It seemed as if every...conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his wsual occupations, and probably i> not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches... | |
 | 1820 - 496 pages
...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...have been conjectured; but it could not have been interred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known that he was curiously learned... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...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...branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymolpgy, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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...have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probajbly is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysicks,... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...will) 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 nave been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...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...occupations, and probably is not generally known, that ne was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...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 liave been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably... | |
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - 1829 - 418 pages
...His information was general. That he should have been intimately and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical...not have been inferred from his usual occupations, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology ;... | |
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