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" Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit of: but as his... "
The Quarterly visitor, conducted by W. Passman - Page 148
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Sidney Smith. Samuel Rogers. James Smith. George Selwyn. Lord Chesterfield ...

Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 pages
...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...his words, his periods, and his utterance, were not near so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me. This...
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Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and ...

Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 pages
...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...his words, his periods, and his utterance, were not near so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me. This...
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Sydney Smith

Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 pages
...intricate a matter would admit of; but as his words, his periods, and his utterance, were not near so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me. This will ever be the case; every numerous assembly is a mob, let the individuals who compose it be...
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The Mount Vernon Papers

Edward Everett - 1860 - 520 pages
...Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter could admit of; but as his words, his periods, and his utterance were not near so good as mine [Lord Chesterfield's] the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly,...
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The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of ..., Volume 3

George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 832 pages
...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards, with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...his words, his periods, and his utterance, were not near so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Being...
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Letters Written by Lord Chesterfield to His Son, Volume 2

Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 444 pages
...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...his words, his periods, and his utterance were not near so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me. This...
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Getting on in the world; or, Hints on success in life

William Mathews - 1874 - 202 pages
...grearest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Almost every man can recall scores of cases within his knowledge where pleasing manners have made the...
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Getting on in the World

William Mathews - 1874 - 386 pages
...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Almost every man can recall scores of cases within his knowledge where pleasing manners have made the...
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Getting On in the World; Or, Hints On Success in Life. by William Mathews ...

William Mathews - 1874 - 376 pages
...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit...most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Almost every man can recall scores of cases within his knowledge where pleasing manners have made the...
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Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1876 - 636 pages
...intricate a matter would admit of: but as his words, his periods, and his utterance, were not near so good as mine, the preference was, most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me. This will ever be the case; every numeroui assembly is mob, let the individuals who compose it be what...
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