 Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians...  A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 100by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1857 - 360 pages
...with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that, not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history both natural and civil ; had...in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening, t With such a fund of knowledge, his conversation must have been equally * How comprehensive the account... | |
 | 1857 - 574 pages
...with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially Imt thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had...in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening. With such a fund of knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1857 - 464 pages
...(1814) Mr. Temple's name is affixed to this passage. that not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ;...was a great antiquarian ; criticism, metaphysics, moral politics, made a principal part of his study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite... | |
 | James Boswell - 1857 - 474 pages
...with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ;...was a great antiquarian ; criticism, metaphysics, moral politics, made a principal part of his study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ;...historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquary. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his plan of study ; voyages... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...principal part of his plan of study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favorite amusement : and he had a fine taste in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening.''* As a poet, though we cannot assent to the enthusiastic encomium of his ardent admirer and biographer,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1859 - 368 pages
...Gray's Humour, vol. iii. p. 127, of his Memoirs. t See ' Philosophy of Rhetoric,' vol. ip 57. He knew every branch of history both natural and civil ; had...fine taste in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening-f With such a fund of knowledge, his conversation must have been * How comprehensive the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...and that not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil j had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquary. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his plan of study ; voyages... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 pages
...with the eloquent and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had...great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, and politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his fa\ourite... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1861 - 586 pages
...acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, not superficially, but thoroughly ; that he knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ;...England, France, and Italy, and was a great antiquarian; that criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his plan of study ; that voyages... | |
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