 | 1823 - 946 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations,...languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding,... | |
 | 1842 - 634 trang
...as in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, etymology, architecture, music, and Jaw- ; he was well acquainted, too, with most of the modern...languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. The young reader may infer, from the great attainments of Mr. Watt, how much may be accomplished and... | |
 | 1819 - 490 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations,...languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding,... | |
 | 1825 - 458 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known; that he was :uriously learned in many branches of antiquity,- metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly... | |
 | 1819 - 610 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations,...— and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding,... | |
 | 1819 - 800 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations,...languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding,... | |
 | 1819 - 708 trang
...been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his wsual occupations, and probably i> not generally known, that he was curiously learned...perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, muiic, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modem languages, and familiar with their... | |
 | 1819 - 780 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that be was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly... | |
 | 1820 - 482 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it f could not have been inferred from his usual occupations,...languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding,... | |
 | 1820 - 450 trang
...and in most of the branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations,...languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding,... | |
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That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is... 
