 | Thomas Dick - Astronomical instruments - 1845 - 644 pages
...acquirements of its noble contriver, as well as on the elevated station in which he is placed. With rank and fortune, and every circumstance that usually unfit men for scientific pursuit, he has set a bright example to his compeers of the dignity and utility of philosophical studies... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1845 - 608 pages
...acquirements of its noble contriver, as well as on the elevated station in which he is placed. With rank and fortune, and every circumstance that usually unfit men for scientific pursuit, he has set a bright example to his compeers of the dignity and utility of philosophical studies... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1862 - 326 pages
...advance it will give to astronomy, and the triumph it secures for science and mechanical skill, as for the sake of the ingenious contriver himself, whose...undertakings in others, he would merit our praise ; hut when we see him, without losing sight of the duties of his station in society, give up so much... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 534 pages
...the beautiful grounds around his mansion. To use the complimentary language of a local writer — " With a rank and fortune, and every circumstance that...pursuits, especially for their practical details, if his lordship only encouraged those undertakings in others, he would merit our praise ; but when we... | |
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... only encouraged those undertakings in others he would merit our praise; but when we see him, without losing sight of the duties of his station in society, give up so much time and expend so much money on those pursuits himself, and render not only... 