 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
 | Guy de Maupassant - 1917 - 340 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,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1917 - 1426 pages
...bill, and as ' one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in 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 hia utterance, were not near so good as mine, the... | |
 | Arthur Stanley Turberville - History - 1927 - 600 pages
...made the whole thing clear to them, when, God knows, I had not even attempted it. Lord Macclesfield, who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and...knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate A rather dull placidity reigned at Westminster in the latter months of 1751. ' Our Parliament ', writes... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1901 - 438 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... | |
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