| Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 страници
...Sometimes natural philosophy, at others, politics or the arts, were the topics of our conversation; and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he had done his house, upon an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe." In 1795,... | |
| Elizabeth Chase - 1821 - 248 страници
...politicks, or the arti, were the topicks of our conversation ; for no object had escaped Mr. JEFFERSON, and it seemed as if from his youth, he had placed his mind at he had done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe. I... | |
| 1826 - 126 страници
...sometimes natural philosophy, and at others politics, or the arts, were the topics of conversation; and it seemed, as if from his youth, he had placed his mind, as he had done his house, upon an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe. His memory... | |
| 1829 - 432 страници
...the embellishments with which his own ta-te had adorned it; on this elevated seclusion, of which wore than forty years ago Chastelleux had said, " it seemed, as if from his youth, he had placed his mind as h* had his house, upon a high situation, from which he "light contemplate the universe;" he appears... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 страници
...politics or the arts, were the topics of our conversation, for. no object had escaped Mr. Jefferson ; and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he has done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe.* Mr. Jefferson... | |
| 1834 - 426 страници
...from his ancestors, and scarcely less cherished from the embellishments with which his own taste hac! adorned it; on this elevated seclusion, of which more...seemed, as if from his youth, he had placed his mind as I>e had his house, upon a high situation, from which he might contemplate the universe;" he appears... | |
| William Linn - 1834 - 284 страници
...politicks, or the arts, were the topicks of our conversation, for no object had escaped Mr. Jefferson ; and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he had done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe." From this... | |
| 1872 - 810 страници
...politics or the arts, were the topics of our conversation ; for no object had escaped Mr. Jefferson, and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he had done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe." Sometimes... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 704 страници
...polities or the arts were the topics of our coversation, for no object hud escaped Mr. Jefferson; and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he has done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe." — Vol.... | |
| 1871 - 452 страници
...politics or the arts, were the topics of our conversation, for no object had escaped Mr. Jefferson ; and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he has done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe.* Mr. Jefferson... | |
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