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 not only the... The Monastery: A Romance - Strana 63podľa Walter Scott - 1820 - Počet stránok 351Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - Počet stránok 506
...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...well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. In his eighty-fourth year his attention was at every one's question, his information at every one's... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - Počet stránok 680
...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 most...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... | |
| 1823 - Počet stránok 228
...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 most...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... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - Počet stránok 358
...extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined 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.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - Počet stránok 352
...extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined 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.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - Počet stránok 352
...extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined 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.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - Počet stránok 662
...beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful combiner ofpowers, 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 human beings.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - Počet stránok 382
...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... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - Počet stránok 502
...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...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - Počet stránok 852
...rfucresoful combiner of powers *od calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes,— w»i not only one of the most generally well-informed,— but one of the beat and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned of... | |
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