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" So intent, so serious upon his studies, that he ate very sparingly, nay, ofttimes he has forgot to eat at all, so that, going into his chamber, I have found his mess untouched, of which, when I have reminded him, he would reply—'Have I? "
Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester - Page 4
by Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester - 1864
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 926 pages
...handsomely, and with much satisfaction to himself. So intent, so serious upon his studies, that ho ate very sparingly, nay, ofttimes he has forgot to eat at all, so that, K"lng into his chamber, I have found bis mess untouched, of which, when I have reminded him, he would...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1855 - 776 pages
...which was very seldom, he used to return it very handsomely, and with much satisfaction to himself. So intent, so serious upon his studies, that he ate very sparingly, nay, ofttimes lie has forgot to eat at all, so that, going into his chamber, I have found his moss untouched, of...
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A Biographical Sketch of Sir Isaac Newton

Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 144 pages
...laughed only once in his lifetime to see an ass eating thistles when plenty of grass was by. * * * * So intent, so serious upon his studies, that he ate very sparingly ; nay, oftimes he has forgot to eat at all, so that going into his chamber, I have found his mess untouched,...
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A biographical sketch of sir Isaac Newton. To which are added reports of the ...

Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 158 pages
...laughed only once in his lifetime to see an ass eating thistles when plenty of grass was by. * * * * So intent, so serious upon his studies, that he ate very sparingly ; nay, oftimes he has forgot to eat at all, so that going into his chamber, I have found his mess untouched,...
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Newton: The Making of Genius

Patricia Fara - 2002 - 400 pages
...stereotype, one that flattered Newton in a different way: the dedicated, solitary, almost superhuman worker. 'So intent, so serious upon his studies that he ate...sparingly, nay, ofttimes he has forgot to eat at all,' reported his experimental assistant; 'what his aim might be I was not able to penetrate into, but his...
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Remarkable Physicists: From Galileo to Yukawa

Ioan James - 2004 - 420 pages
...the Principia: so intent, so serious upon his studies that he sat very sparingly, nay oftentimes he forgot to eat at all, so that going into his chamber I have found his mess untouched of which I have reminded him, he would reply 'Have I?' and then making to the table would eat a bit or two standing....
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Asperger's Syndrome and High Achievement: Some Very Remarkable People

Ioan James - 2005 - 224 pages
...made me think he aimed at something beyond the reach of human art and industry. Humphrey continued: So intent, so serious upon his studies that he ate very sparingly, nay, at times he has forgot to eat at all, so that, going in to his chamber, I have found his mess untouched,...
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Genius Genes: How Asperger Talents Changed the World

Michael Fitzgerald, Brendan O'Brien - 2007 - 328 pages
...described by Humphrey: So intent, so serious [was he] . . . that he ate very sparingly, nay, sometimes he forgot to eat at all, so that going into his chamber, I have found his mess untouched. When I have reminded him, he would reply: Have I! Then making to the table, would eat a bit or two...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 46

1855 - 804 pages
...which was very seldom, he used to return it very handsomely, and with much satisfaction to himself. So intent, so serious upon his studies, that he ate very sparingly, nay, ofttimes lie has forgot to eat at all, su that, going into his chamber, I have found his mess untouched, of...
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