 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man 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 - 1830 - 382 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers...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... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - 502 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers...adapted to practical purposes ; was not only one of the best informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little... | |
 | Edmund Bellchambers - 1835 - 426 pages
...most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of power and calculator of numbers, аз adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of ihe best and kindest of human beings.'1 WATT, Robert, MD, the author of the ' Bibliolinxa Britannica,'... | |
 | 1836 - 746 pages
...of which, extraordinary as they are, are only beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man 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. In his 84th year his attention was... | |
 | Jasper Adams - 1837 - 528 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers...practical 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... | |
 | 1839 - 474 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt, — was not only the most profound man 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 little... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 154 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt, — was not only the most profound man 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... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science — the most successful combiner of...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... | |
 | Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science—the most successful combiner of powers, 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 of... | |
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This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was... 
