 Geometry," to which he prefixed an "Essay on Proportion," and also published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister," a work which betrayed a direction of reading destined to influence materially his future career. On the completion of this translation...  A dictionary of contemporary biography - Page 84by Dictionary - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Biography - 1852 - 676 pages
...Edinburgh Review," an "Essay on Joanna Biiillic's Plays of the Passions." In the same year he completed a translation of Legendre's "Geometry," to which he prefixed an "Essay on Proportions," and also published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister," a work which betrayed... | |
 | Biography - 1853 - 464 pages
...Edinburgh Review," an "Essay on Joanna Baillie's Plays of the Passions." In the same year he completed a translation of Legendre's " Geometry," to which he prefixed an "Essay on Proportion," and also published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister," a work which betrayed a direction... | |
 | Men - Biography - 1853 - 472 pages
...Edinburgh Review," an "Essay on Joanna Baillie's Plays of the Passions." In the same year he completed a translation of Legendre's " Geometry," to which he prefixed an "Essay on Proportion," and also published his translation of Goethe's " AVilhelm Meister," a work which betrayed a direction... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 216 pages
...from his twenty-sixth to his thirtysecond year. It was during this period that ho produced (besides a translation of Legendre's " Geometry," to which he prefixed an " Essay on Proportion,") his numerous wellknown translations from German writers, and also his " Life of Schiller." The latter... | |
 | Biography - 1861 - 442 pages
...enthusiastically devoted himself to authorship ; hia first work being a translation of "Legendre'a Geometry," to which he prefixed an "Essay on Proportion."...London Magazine. " In 1825 Mr. Carlyle married Miss Veitch, a lady of cultivated tastes and much literary ability, and he shortly afterwards proceeded... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Books and reading - 1866 - 112 pages
...Passions," together with some literary notices to the New Edinburgh Review. In the same year he completed a translation of Legendre's " Geometry," to which he prefixed an " Essay on Proportions/' and also published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister." We don't know whether... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - Biography - 1872 - 1026 pages
...and the "Two Pitts," and literary notices to the New Edinburgh Review. In the same year he completed a translation of Legendre's " Geometry," to which he prefixed an " Essay on Proportion," and published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister," a work which showed a direction of reading... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 500 pages
...Dumfriesshire, Scotland. His first efforts were contributions to Brewster's Encyclopedia. In 1824 he published a translation of Legendre's Geometry, to which he prefixed an Essay on Proportion. In 1823-24 had appeared in the London Magazine his Life of Schiller, and, during the same yr., his translation... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 716 pages
...Edinburgh Review an Essay on Joanna Baillie's Plays of the Passions. In the same year he completed a translation of Legendre's Geometry, to which he prefixed an Essay on Proportions, and also published his translations of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, a work which betrayed... | |
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