 | National Sunday school union - 1867 - 340 pages
...was very meek, sedate, and humble," writes a relative he employed for some years as his amanuensis, "never seemingly angry, of profound thought, his countenance...comely.' I cannot say I ever saw him laugh but once ! I never knew hiai to take any recreation or pastime, either in riding out to take the air, walking,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...humble, iiever seemingly angry, of profound thought, liia countenance mild, pleasant, and comely. 1 cannot say I ever saw him laugh but once, which was at that passage which Dr. Stukely mentioned in his letter to your honour, which put me in mind of the Ephcsian philosopher, who... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 592 pages
...Babington of Trinity) said that they might study seven years before they understood any thing of it. His carriage then was very meek, sedate, and humble,...laugh but once, which was at that passage which Dr Stukely mentioned in his letter to your honour, 2 which i Dr. Stukely says, that " Mr. Newton of this... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 pages
...Babington of Trinity) said that they might study seven years before they understood any thing of it. 1 !> carriage then was very meek, sedate, and humble, never...laugh but once, which was at that passage which Dr. Stukely mentioned in his letter to your honour, which put mein mind of the Ephcsian philosopher, who... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 584 pages
...Babington of Trinity) said that they might study seven years before they understood any thing of it. His carriage then was very meek, sedate, and humble,...profound thought, his countenance mild, pleasant, arid comely. I cannot say I ever saw him laugh but once, which was at that passage which Dr Stukely... | |
 | 1855 - 498 pages
...his whole time to the most intense meditation ; he walked about as if in an ecstasy ; his " carriage very meek, sedate, and humble ; never seemingly angry,...thought, his countenance mild, pleasant, and comely ;" only once seen to laugh, and that when a friend asked him what was the use of studying Euclid. So... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 158 pages
...Isaac's manner of life at the time he was engaged in preparing his Principia. — " His carriage was then very meek, sedate, and humble, never seemingly angry,...countenance mild, pleasant, and comely. I cannot say that I ever saw him laugh but once, which was at that passage which Dr. Stukeley mentioned in his letter... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 144 pages
...Isaac's manner of life at the time he was engaged in preparing his Principia. — " His carriage was then very meek, sedate, and humble, never seemingly angry,...thought ; his countenance mild, pleasant, and comely. 68 I cannot say that I ever saw him laugh but once, which was at that passage which Dr. Stukeley mentioned... | |
 | Tom Taylor - 1874 - 554 pages
...Babington of Trinity) said that they might study seven years before they understood any thing of it. His carriage then was very meek, sedate and humble,...Dr. Stukeley mentioned in his letter to your Honour. 2 He always kept close to his studies, very rarely went a visiting, and had as few visitors, excepting... | |
 | 1879 - 912 pages
...career, we may imagine a quiet young man, not above middle height, of " most sedate and humble carriage, never seemingly angry, of profound thought, his countenance mild, pleasant and comely;" who со dd Ьз drawn from bis chambers by none of the recreations in which most young men delight;... | |
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Trinity) said that they might study seven years before they understood any thing of it. 11U carriage then was very meek, sedate, and humble, never seemingly angry, of profound thought, his countenance mild, pleasant, and comely. I cannot say I ever saw... 
