 | 1856 - 560 pagine
...; he once made an attempt to follow the hounds, but a severe fall prevented any further exhibition. He seldom gave an opinion, and never volunteered one....spoke of morals, of metaphysics, or of religion." — Life, p. 116. When in Germany, he casually mentions, among his other studies, his varied feats... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 516 pagine
...; he once made an attempt to follow the hounds, but a severe fall prevented any further exhibition. He seldom gave an opinion, and never volunteered one....apothegms or sayings to be remembered. Indeed, like most mathematicians—though we hear of abstract mathematics—he never seemed to think abstractedly. A... | |
 | 1856 - 590 pagine
...character of Dr. Young when at the university, by one of ¡te tutors, I give the subjoined paragraph. "He seldom gave an opinion, and never volunteered...down the law like other learned doctors, or uttered apophthegms, or sayings to be remembered. Indeed, like most mathematicians (though we hear of abstract... | |
 | Bence Jones - 1871 - 450 pagine
...: he once made an attempt to follow the hounds, but a severe fall prevented any future exhibition. He seldom gave an opinion, and never volunteered one....down the law like other learned doctors, or uttered apophthegms or sayings to be remembered. Indeed, like most mathematicians (though we hear of abstract... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1887 - 638 pagine
...never laid down the law, like other learned doctors, or uttered sayings to be remembered. He did not think abstractedly. A philosophical fact, a difficult...engage his attention ; but he never spoke of morals, or metaphysics, or religion. Of the last, I never heard him say a word. Nothing in favour of any sect... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1892 - 522 pagine
...never laid down the law like other learned doctors, or uttered sayings to be remembered. He did not think abstractedly. A philosophical fact, a difficult...engage his attention; but he never spoke of morals, or metaphysics, or religion. Of the last, I never heard him say a word. Nothing in favour of any sect,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1896 - 536 pagine
...laid down the law like other learned doctors, or uttered sayings to be remembered. He did not thiuk abstractedly. A philosophical fact, a difficult calculation,...engage his attention ; but he never spoke of morals, or metaphysics, or religion. Of the last, I never heard him say a word. Nothing in favour of any sect,... | |
 | 1855 - 1504 pagine
...: he onco made an attempt to follow the hounds, but a severe fall prevented any future exhibition. He seldom gave an opinion, and never volunteered one....difficult calculation, an ingenious instrument, or a now invention, would engage his attention ; but he never spoke of morals, of metaphysics, or of religion.... | |
 | Thomas F. Gieryn - 1999 - 412 pagine
...Fragments, part 1, 384, 365. Tyndall praised the physicist Thomas Young, "who did not think abstractly. A philosophical fact, a difficult calculation, an...engage his attention; but he never spoke of morals, or metaphysics, or religion" (New Fragments, 283). Young (1773-1829) is most remembered for his revival... | |
 | Thomas F. Gieryn - 1999 - 412 pagine
...Fragments, part 1, 384, 365. Tyndall praised the physicist Thomas Young, "who '.<id not think abstractly. A philosophical fact, a difficult calculation, an...instrument or a new invention would engage his attention; hut he never spoke of morals, or metaphysics, or religion" (Neiu Fragments, 283). Young (1773-1829)... | |
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He seldom gave an opinion, and never volunteered one. He never laid down the law like other learned Doctors, or uttered apothegms, or sayings to be remembered. Indeed, like most mathematicians, (though we hear of abstract mathematics,) he never seemed... 