 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 Seiten
...enquiry of both ancients and movo 'T BRUCE'S TRA\ derns, for the course of near three thousand year?. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head of...distinguished from the last, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and had agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly, and... | |
 | 1815 - 500 Seiten
...of it. It is easier to guess than describe the situation of my mind at that moment; standing on that spot, which had baffled the genius, industry and inquiry...distinguished from the last, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished; and agreed alone in the disappointment, which had uniformly, and without... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 352 Seiten
...moment — standing on that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both antients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand...distinguished from the last, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly, and without... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 Seiten
...It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at this moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry,...distinguished from the last, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformlyand without... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 382 Seiten
...mind at that moment ; standing on that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and enquiry of ancients and moderns, for the course of near three...distinguished from the last only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly followed... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 Seiten
...baffled the genius, industry, and enquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of nearly 3000 years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...armies, and each expedition was distinguished from the hist, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 560 Seiten
...It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry...distinguished from the last only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly and without... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 582 Seiten
...thought, how little, after all, his discovery was worth the trouble it had cost him. It had, indeed, ' baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for near three thousand years,' and it was equally true ' that a mere private Briton had triumphed over... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 Seiten
..." It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment, standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry...distinguished from the last, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly, and without... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 446 Seiten
..." It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment, standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry...distinguished from the last only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly and without... | |
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It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years. 
