 ... not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well; so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them.  The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 334edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810 - 456 pages
...helieve that they kucw something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could jnst as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them,...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so 1 resolved to do hetter than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 518 pages
...political importance. His health also had greatly declined, he was troubled by frequent attacks of rertigo, and appears from this time to have determined to preserve...adds, " who had the greatest share in forming the hill, and is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 408 pages
...themselves, whieh they do not. For my own part, I eould just as soon have talked Celtie or Selavoniau to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so I resolved to i!o better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I... | |
 | Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 390 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them,...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I... | |
 | 1832 - 592 pages
...him, and said, that he had made the whole matter very clear to them ; " when, God knows, continued he, " I had not even attempted it. I could as soon...have understood me full as well. Lord Macclesfield, who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in £ urope, spoke afterwards, with infinite... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...himself upon them as fully master of all its details, while, says he, " I could just as soon haver talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me just as well." The only literary production ascribed to the Lord Chancellor Macclesfield is a tract,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...him, and said, that he had made the whole matter very clear to them ; " when, God knows," continued he, " I had not even attempted it. I could as soon...have understood me full as well. Lord Macclesfield, who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards, with infinite... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...success of his oratory on this occasion, — " God knows, I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them,...they would have understood me full as well."* Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Walpole, — who had listened to... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1844 - 636 pages
...believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well, so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave... | |
 | 1844 - 620 pages
...bolieve that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as...astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well, so I resolved to do better than to speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I... | |
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