...Mr. Watt so much my superior. But is own high relish for those things made him pleased with the hat of any person who had the same tastes with himself, or his [mate complaisance made him indulge my curiosity, and even ncourage my endeavours to form an intimate...

...philosopher. " I had the vanity," says Robison, " to think myself a pretty good proficient in my favourite study (mathematical and mechanical philosophy), and...Watt so much my superior. But his own high relish for these things made him pleased with the chat of any person who had the same tastes with himself; and...

...and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much my superior. But his own high relish for these things made him pleased with the chat of any person who had the same tastes with himself; and his innate complaisance made him indulge my curiosity, and even encourage my endeavours to form...

...merit, mutually attributed by vanity," said Boblson, "to think myself a pretty good proficient in toy favorite study (mathematical and mechanical philosophy),...Watt so much my superior. But his own high relish for these things made him pleased with the chat of any person who had the same tastes with himself; and...

...ready to instruct me. I had the vanity to think myself a pretty good proficient in my favourite study, and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much my superior." Watt tells us that he owed to his friend Eobison the first suggestion of " the idea of applying the...

...philosopher. "I had the vanity," he says, " to think myself a pretty good proficient in my favourite study (mathematical and mechanical philosophy), and...Watt so much my superior. But his own high relish for these things made him pleased with the chat of any person who had the same tastes with himself .......

...ready to instruct me. I had the vanity to think myself a pretty good proficient in my favourite study, and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much...made him indulge my curiosity, and even encourage my endeavours to form a more intimate acquaintance with him. I lounged much about him, and, I doubt not,...

...ready to instruct me. I had the vanity to think myself a pretty good proficient in my favourite study, and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much my superior." Watt, on the other hand, owed much to Robison. He writes : " My attention was first directed, in the...

...the vanity to think myself pretty proficient in my favorite studies — mathematics and mechanics — and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much...with the chat of any person who had the same tastes as himself. ... I lounged much about him, and, I doubt not, was frequently teasing him. Thus our acquaintance...

...and always ready to instruct me. I had the vanity to think myself a proficient in my favourite study and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much my superior. ... I lounged much about him, and, I doubt not, was frequently teasing him.' 2 The two philosophers,...