 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...  Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tractsавторы: Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Edmund Bellchambers - 1835 - Страниц: 426
...effects of which, extraordinary ла they are, are perhaps, only now beginning to be felt, was perhaps not only the 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... | |
 | 1836 - Страниц: 748
...machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are only beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound...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 - Страниц: 532
...produced a change in the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound...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 - Страниц: 474
...the oak. The following are the terms in which Sir Walter Scott speaks of his illustrious countryman in the preface to The Monastery. " It was only once...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 - Страниц: 154
...appended to this publication. t At the table of one of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.— EDIT. calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures...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 - Страниц: 290
...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 most profound...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 - Страниц: 290
...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... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - Страниц: 576
...produced a change on the world, the effects of which, ex' traordinary as they are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to be felt — ' was not only the most profound...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - Страниц: 670
...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 most profound...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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1842 - Страниц: 414
...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... | |
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