 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 408 pages
...themselves, which they do not. For my own part, 1 could just as soon have talked Celtic of Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well: so I resolved to cio better tlun speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them. I gave... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 516 pages
...God knows," says he, " I had not even attempted it. I could as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood...adds, " who had the greatest share in forming the hill, and is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterward* with infinite... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 592 pages
...knows, continued he, " I had not even attempted it. I could as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well. Lord Macclesfield, who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in £ urope, spoke afterwards, with infinite... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...knows," continued he, " I had not even attempted it. I could as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well. Lord Macclesfield, who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards, with infinite... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...knows," continued he, " I had not even attempted it. I could as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy ; and they would have understood me full as well. Lord Macclesfield, who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards, with infinite... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 470 pages
...occasion,—" God knows, I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well."» Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Walpole,—who had listened to... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...occasion,—" God knows, I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well."* Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Wai pole,—who had listened to... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 478 pages
...occasion,—" God knows, I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well."* Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Walpole,—who had listened to... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 476 pages
...occasion,—" God knows, I had not even attempted it. I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well."* Lord Chesterfield's eloquence was unquestionably of a high order. Horace Walpole,—who had listened to... | |
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to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well. Lord Macclesfield," he adds, " who had the greatest share in forming the bill, and is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterward* with infinite knowledge,... 
