 | George Grant - Astronomy - 1849 - 322 pages
...piercing eye did not Iwlong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of Ms life. He says, " Indeed in the whole air of his face and make there was nothing...expectation in those who did not know him." This opinion of the Bishop is confirmed by Mr. Thomas Hearne, who says " that Sir Isaac was a man of no very promising... | |
 | George Grant - Astronomy - 1849 - 316 pages
...piercing eye did not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of liis life. He says, " Indeed in the whole air of his face and make there was nothing...penetrating sagacity which appears in his compositions. He haa something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any great expectation in those... | |
 | George Grant - Astronomy - 1849 - 318 pages
...to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years <rf Ms life. He says, " Indeed in the whole air of Ms Ikee and make there was nothing of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his compositions. He hal something rather languid in his look and manner, wiiich did not raise any great expectation in... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...him, at least not for twenty years past, about which time I first became acquainted with him ; indeed in the whole air of his face and make, there was nothing...of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his works. He had something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any great expectations... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...him, at least not for twenty years past, about which time I first became acquainted with him ; indeed in the whole air of his face and make, there was nothing...of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his works. He had something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any great expectations... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 584 pages
...93. hand, that the lively and piercing eye did not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of his life. " Indeed," says he, " in the whole air...confirmed by an observation of Mr. Thomas Hearne, l who says, " that Sir Isaac was a man of no very promising aspect. He was' a short well-set man. He... | |
 | David Brewster - Physicists - 1855 - 594 pages
...93. hand, that the lively and piercing eye did not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of his life. " Indeed," says he, " in the whole air...Atterbury is confirmed by an observation of Mr. Thomas Hearne,1 who says, " that Sir Isaac was a man of no very promising aspect. He was a short well-set... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 pages
...other hand, that the lively and piercing eye did not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of his life. ' Indeed/ says he, ' in the whole air...not know him.' This opinion of Bishop Atterbury is con1855.] [Sept. firm«! by яп observation of Mr. Thomas Hearne, who says, 'that Sir Isaac was a... | |
 | 1855 - 802 pages
...not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of his life. There was something languid in his manner which did not raise any great expectation in those who did not know him. Another says, Sir Isaac was a roan of no very promising aspect. He was full of thought, and spoke very... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 158 pages
...other hand, that the lively and piercing eye did not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of his life. " Indeed," says he, " in the whole air...observation of Mr. Thomas Hearne, who says, " that Sir Isaac was a man of no very promising aspect. He was a short well-set man. He was full of thought and spoke... | |
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Bishop Atterbury asserts, on the other hand, that the lively and piercing eye did not belong to Sir Isaac during the last twenty years of his life. " Indeed," says he, " in the whole air of his face and make there was nothing of that penetrating sagacity... 
