 ... topics on which it was to turn, but readily and quietly took up whatever was presented by those around him, and astonished the idle and barren propounders of an ordinary theme, by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened.  James Watt - Page 235by Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 241 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Hiley - 1853 - 348 pages
...propuunders of an ordinary theme, by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice or predilection for one 1rabject of discourse rather than another ; but allowed his mind, like a great cyclopaedia, to be opened... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1854 - 214 pages
...propounders of ati ordinary theme by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice...rather than another, but allowed his mind, like a great encyclopaedia, to be opened at any letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavoured... | |
 | Thomas Osmond Summers - 1856 - 200 pages
...drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice nor predilection for one subject of discourse rather than...letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavored to select from his inexhaustible stores what might be best adapted to the taste of his present... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...of an ordinary theme, by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened. Ho generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice or predilection...than another ; but allowed his mind, like a great cyclopedia, to be opened at any letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavoured... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1858 - 656 pages
...propounders of an " ordinary theme, by the treasures which he drew from tie " mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, " indeed, to have no...a " great cyclopaedia, to be opened at any letter bis associates " might choose to turn up, and only endeavour to select, from " his inexhaustible stores,... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 pages
...propounders of an " ordinary theme, by the treasures which he drew from the " mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, " indeed, to have no...than another ; but allowed his mind, like a " great cyclopsedia, to be opened at any letter his associates " might choose to turn up, and only endeavour... | |
 | Perseverance - 1862 - 310 pages
...propounders of an ordinary theme, by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice...than another ; but allowed his mind, like a great cycloT poedia, to be opened at any letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavoured... | |
 | Englishmen - 1863 - 912 pages
...one subject of discourse rather than another, but allowed his mind, like a great cyclopedia, to he opened at any letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavoured to select from his inexhaustible stores what might be best adapted to the taste of his... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 pages
...of an ordinary theme by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened, lIe generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice or predilection...than another ; but allowed his mind, like a great cyclopzedia, to be opened at any letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavor to... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...propounders of an ordinary theme by the treasures which he drew from the mine they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice...letter his associates might choose to turn up, and only endeavoured to select, from his inexhaustible stores, what might be best adapted to the taste of his... | |
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