 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1753 - 670 pages
...any thing was propofed to him, how new foever, he heard all patiently, and then alked fuch queftions as occurred to him : And by the time he had done all this, he was as much matter of the propofition, as the peribn was that had made it. He knew nothing of modern hiftory, nor... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1823 - 642 pages
...whether he was silent on design or custom. He had a great clearness of apprehension : and when any thing was proposed to him, how new soever, he heard all...the proposition, as the person was that had made it. He knew nothing of modern history, nor of the state of courts : and was eminently defective in all... | |
 | Eyre Evans Crowe, George Payne Rainsford James - Public administration - 1836 - 342 pages
...Witt had been condemned, but was about to be rescued by his brother ; that an immense multitude T 2 assembled about the prison ; and that the burgher...great fondness for reducing every thing to a precise rule ; and yet in his political maxims, he was extremely fond of shadowing forth his meaning in allegories.... | |
 | Eyre Evans Crowe, George Payne Rainsford James - Public administration - 1836 - 354 pages
...given of him hy bishop Burnet, referring as much to his habits as to his character, may likewise he cited. " He was a frank, sincere man," says the bishop...great fondness for reducing every thing to a precise rule ; and yet in his political maxims, he was extremely fond of shadowing forth his meaning in allegories.... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 676 pages
...whether he was silent on design or custom. He had a great clearness of apprehension: and when any thing was proposed to him, how new soever, he heard all...the proposition, as the person was that had made it. He knew nothing of modern history, nor of the state of courts : and was eminently defective in all... | |
 | George Payne Rainsford James - Statesmen - 1837 - 230 pages
...whether he was silent on design or custom. He had a great clearness of apprehension ; and when any thing was proposed to him, how new soever, he heard all...much master of the proposition as the person was that bad made it." His* mathematical studies had given him a great fondness for reducing every thing to... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1850 - 996 pages
...whether he was silent on design, or custom. He had a great clearness of apprehension ; and when any thing was proposed to him, how new soever, he heard all...the proposition, as the person was that had made it. He knew nothing of modern history, nor of the state of courts, and was eminently defective in all points... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1897 - 666 pages
...whether he was silent on design or custom. He had a great clearness of apprehension : and when any thing was proposed to him, how new soever, he heard all...the proposition as the person was that had made it. He knew nothing of modern history, nor of the state of courts: and was eminently defective in all points... | |
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He had a great clearness of apprehension ; and when anything was proposed to him, how new soever, he heard all patiently, and then asked such questions as occurred to him ; and by the time he had done all this, he was as much master of the proposition... 