 Mr. Watt was an extraordinary and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and well. He had infinite quickness...  A manual of chemistry - Seite 126von William Thomas Brande - 1821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1823 - 946 Seiten
...exact information,— had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and so well. lie had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...— and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in conversation with... | |
 | 1842 - 634 Seiten
...apprehension, and a rectifying and methodizing power of understanding which extracted something valuable from all that was presented to it. His stores of miscellaneous knowledge were immense ; he was well skilled in chemistry and the fine arts, as well as in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics,... | |
 | 1819 - 490 Seiten
...and exact information, had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and so well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious memory, and a certain rectifying and methodizing power of understanding, which extracted something precious out of all that was presented... | |
 | 1825 - 458 Seiten
...and exact information, —had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...— and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in conversation with... | |
 | 1819 - 610 Seiten
...and exact information, — had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...— and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in conversation with... | |
 | 1819 - 780 Seiten
...exact information, — had read so much, or remembered what he had read so ac curately and so well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...methodising power of understanding, which extracted extracted something precious out of all that was presented to it. His stores of miscellaneous knowledge... | |
 | 1819 - 708 Seiten
...exact information, — had read so much, or remembered what be had read so ac cujatdy and so well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...rectifying and methodising power of understanding, which s extracted 464 [NOT. extracted something precloui out of til (hat was presented to it. Hii stores... | |
 | 1819 - 800 Seiten
...exact information, — had read 10 much, or remembered what he had read so ac curately and $o well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...and a certain rectifying and methodising power of undemanding, which extracted 464 Memoir of James Watt, Esq. [Kw. extracted something preciouf out of... | |
 | 1820 - 450 Seiten
...exact information, — had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and so well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...— and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in conversation with... | |
 | 1820 - 494 Seiten
...and exact information, had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and so well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious...immense, and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in conversation with... | |
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