 I informed, because I pleased them : and many of them said that I had made the whole very clear to them ; when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and who is one of the greatest mathematicians...  The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 130by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901Full view - About this book
 | William Mathews - Success - 1874 - 386 pages
...made the whole very clear to them, when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...his words, his periods, and his utterance were not nearly so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Almost... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1874 - 488 pages
...union, was born in the year 1669, but not being baptized by a clergy1 " Lord Macclesfield, who had Ihe greatest share in forming the bill, and who is one...knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter could admit of; but as his words, his periods, and his utterance were not near so good as mine, the... | |
 | William Mathews - Conduct of life - 1873 - 386 pages
...made the whole very clear to them, when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...his words, his periods, and his utterance were not nearly so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Almost... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
...when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in framing the bill, and who is one of the greatest mathematicians...his words, his periods, and his utterance were not nearly so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Charles... | |
 | William Mathews - Success - 1883 - 398 pages
...made the whole very clear to them, when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...his words, his periods, and his utterance were not nearly so good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me." Almost... | |
 | Jerome Paine Bates - Conduct of life - 1886 - 882 pages
...made the whole very clear to them, when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterward with infinite knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit of ;... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1895 - 488 pages
...bill, and as ' one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers hi Europe,' adding that he ' spoke with infinite knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter could admit of; but as his words, his periods, and his utterance, were not near so good as mine, the... | |
 | Guy de Maupassant - French fiction - 1903 - 348 pages
...elimination of all active qualities of the mind in every large body of people: "Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterward with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit of,... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1907 - 456 pages
...the whole very clear to them — whereas, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the Bill, and...mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with intimate knowledge and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit of; but as his words,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Charles Stokes Carey - Conduct of life - 1912 - 440 pages
...made the whole very clear to them ; when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...words, his periods, and his utterance were not near BO good as mine, the preference was most unanimously, though most unjustly, given to me. This will... | |
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