 His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject. One gentleman was a deep philologist, — he talked with him on the origin of the alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied...  Life of James Watt - Page 85by François Arago - 1839 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1899 - 206 pages
...alphabet, as if he had been coeval .with Cadmus ; another, a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...life. Of science it is unnecessary to speak — it wag bis own distinguished walk." At a meeting convened in 1824 to make provisions for the erection... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 948 pages
...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmns ; another a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet, Captain Clutterbuck, when he spoke with your countryman, Jedediah Cleishbotham, you would have sworn... | |
 | William Jacks - 1901 - 260 pages
...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet, Captain Clutterbuck, when 1 This is one of the few slips made by Sir Walter Scott Watt died in his... | |
 | James Lumsden - 1903 - 360 pages
...celebrated critic ; you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles lettres all his life ; of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet Captain Clutterbuck, when he spoke with your countryman, Jedediah Cleishbotham, you would have sworn... | |
 | James Lumsden - 1905 - 388 pages
...celebrated critic ; you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles lettres all his life; of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet Captain Clutterbuck, when he spoke with your countryman, Jedediah Cleishbotham, you would have sworn... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...celebrated critic, you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles lettres all his life; of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk. Lord Brougham says: We have been considering this eminent person as yet only in his public capacity,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 666 pages
...passage refers to Mr. Watt's improvements on the steam-engine. — Note by CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK. have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet, Captain Clutterbuck, when he spoke with your countryman, Jedediah Cleishbotham, you would have sworn... | |
 | Henry Winram Dickinson, Rhys Jenkins - 1927 - 602 pages
...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another, a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk.' But fresh griefs awaited him in the deaths of other friends : Dr. Darwin died in 1802 ; Dr. Priestley,... | |
 | Walter Scott, Sir - 2005 - 373 pages
...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...— of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was Ms own distinguished walk. And yet, Captain Clutterbuck, when he spoke with year countryman Jedediah... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2006 - 562 pages
...the alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus; another a celebrated critic, - you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet, Captain Clutterbuck, when he spoke with your countryman Jedediah Cleishbotham, you would have sworn... | |
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