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Perseverance Under Difficulties, as Shown in the Lives of Great Men - Page 221
by Perseverance - 1862 - 294 pages
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 12

1823 - 946 pages
...conversation with him had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and...
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Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c

1819 - 490 pages
...conversation, with him had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting, such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 5

1825 - 458 pages
...had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; — such was the copiousness, the precision, and admirable clearness of the information which he poured...studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That be should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...conversation with him, had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; — such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

1819 - 780 pages
...conversation with him, had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chymistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 89, Part 2

1819 - 800 pages
...conversation with him, had been that which he had hern last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude •nd compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pnrsuits....
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 8

1820 - 450 pages
...conversation with him, had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...in most of the branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 4

1820 - 494 pages
...conversation with him, had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chymistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 4

1820 - 482 pages
...conversation with him, had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable...should have been minutely and extensively skilled in. chymistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured;...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 6

1820 - 496 pages
...with him, had been that which he had been last occupied in studying; such was the copiousness, tbe precision, and the admirable clearness of the information...poured out upon it, without effort or hesitation. Nor waa this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with...
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