| Walter Scott - 1820 - 344 lehte
...also a land-surveyor) thinks this whole passage refers to Mr Watt's improvements on the steam-engine. not only the most profound man of science, the most...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 lehte
...this whole passage refers to Mr Watt's improvements on the steam-engine. not only the most profound mm of science, the most successful combiner of powers...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 lehte
...world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science, the most...and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes,—was not only one of the most generally well-informed,—but one of the best and kindest... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 lehte
...stupendous powers of calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the surface of the earth ; giving the feeble arm of man the momentum...purposes ; was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. In his eighty-fourth year his attention... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 680 lehte
...effects of which, extraordinary as they ¿trendy are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, and who was not only the most profound man of science, the...of powers, and calculator of numbers, as adapted to general purposes — was not only one of the mou generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 lehte
...also a land-surveyor) thinks this whole passage refers to Mr Watt's improvements on the steamengine. cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world,...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
| 1823 - 228 lehte
...which , extraordinary as the_y already are , are perhaps only icow beginning to be felt, and •who was not only the most profound man of science , the...of powers , and calculator of numbers as adapted to general purposes , was not only one of the most generally well informed , but one of the best and kindest... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 lehte
...amusements of the season, which " exhibit their unparalleled feats to private familyparties, if required." Amidst this company stood Mr Watt, the man whose genius...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1830 - 682 lehte
...obvious from the facts detailed in the text. To avail himself, therefore, of the whole power of the Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements,...purposes ; was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. In his eighty-fourth year his attention... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - 380 lehte
...This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, xvhose cloudy machinery has produced a change; on the world,...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
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