 ... and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Sayfa 4641819Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 756 sayfa
...at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German...doubt, in a great measure, by a still higher and rarer faculty—by his power of digesting and arranging in its proper place all the information he received,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 sayfa
...at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German...faculty — by his power of digesting and arranging in its proper place all the information he received, and of casting aside and rejecting, as it were instinctively,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1847 - 448 sayfa
...and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticizing the measures or the matter of the German poetry. "His...faculty — by his power of digesting and arranging, in its proper place, all the information he received, and of casting aside and rejecting, as it were instinctively,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1847 - 448 sayfa
...and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticizing the measures or the matter of the German poetry. "His...faculty — by his power of digesting and arranging, in its proper place, all the information he received, and of casting aside and rejecting, as it were instinctively,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 sayfa
...and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticizing the measures or the matter of the German poetry. His...faculty— by his power of digesting and arranging in its proper place all the information he received, and of casting aside and rejecting, as it were instinctively,... | |
 | Artizan club (London, England) - 1847 - 338 sayfa
...at all extraordinary to bear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding for hours together the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticising the measures or the matter of German poetry." It was this promiscuous occupation of the mind, and the energy of imagination which... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 sayfa
...at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German...criticising the measures or the matter of the German poetry. It is needless to say, with these vast resources, his conversation was at all times rich and instructive... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 sayfa
...at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German...the measures or the matter of the German poetry. His astonishmg memory was aided, no doubt, in a great measure, by a still higher and rarer faculty —... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 sayfa
...acquainted, too, with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. measure, by a still higher and rarer faculty, — by his power of digesting and arranging, in its proper place, all the information he received, and of casting aside, and rejecting, as it were,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 sayfa
...languages, and familiar with their recent literature. His astonishing memory was aided no doubt by a higher and rarer faculty ; — by his power of digesting and arranging in his mind all the valuable information he received, and of casting aside and rejecting, as it were instinctively,... | |
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