 | William Laxton - 1841 - 534 pages
...lecture, or an examination, or any other public engagement, yet on all other occasions, at least ih his later years, he denied access to all visitors,...chest. The efforts of his physicians contributed for a long time to mitigate the more serious symptoms of his malady ; but every relaxation of his sufferings... | |
 | 1841 - 646 pages
...somewhat startling character : such were his views of the constitution and finite extent of the earth-s atmosphere, which some distinguished philosophers...his family, he was accustomed to reply, that to him In vie c-etait le /,v< /•/<</; nay, he even undertook to conduct the usual examinations of the Ecole... | |
 | 1841 - 1316 pages
...and least absorbing character, carefully avoiding every topic which might recall the severity of liis morning occupations. The wear and tear, however, of...family, he was accustomed to reply, that to him la vie c'ttait le travail;, nay, he even undertook to conduct the usual examinations of the Ecole Polytechnique,... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1843 - 552 pages
...competent to comprehend. The habits of life of this great mathematician were of the most simple aud laborious kind ; though he never missed a meeting...family, he was accustomed to reply, that to him la vie cita.it le travail -^nay, he even undertook to conduct the usual examinations of the Ecole Poly technique,... | |
 | 1841 - 414 pages
...vigorous constitution, and in the autumn of 1838 the alarming discovery was made that he was laboring under the fatal disease of water in the chest. The efforts of his physician contributed for a long time to rritigate the more serious symptoms of his malady; but every... | |
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... his later years, he denied access to all visitors, and remained in his study from an early hour in the morning until six o'clock at night, when he joined his family at dinner, and spent the evening in social converse, or in amusements of. the lightest... 