 | 1844 - 784 Seiten
...of his own descriptions in the Bridgewater Treatise, which had cost him hours and days of labour. He would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his life, he, if any one, would certainly render the science... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1842 - 358 Seiten
...own description in the Bridgewater Treatise, which had cost him hours and days of labour. He (Dr B.) would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
 | 1859 - 868 Seiten
...descriptions in the " Bridgewater Treatise," which had cost him hours and days of labor. He (Dr. Buckland) would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1844 - 766 Seiten
...of his own descriptions in the Bridgewater Treatise, which had cost him hours and days of labour. He would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his life, he, if any one, would certainly render the science... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 Seiten
...description in the "Bridgewater Treatise," which had cost him hours and days of labour. He (Dr Buckland) would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
 | 1848 - 592 Seiten
...often treated in a style dry and repulsive. Dr. Buckland's remark at the British Association, that " he d and gentle, but also to the froward. For this D VOL. I. is thankwort man," might now more than ever be made. When asked to contribute the geologic history of the island,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1849 - 344 Seiten
...description in the " Bridgewater Treatise," which had cost him hours and days of labour. He (Dr Buckland) would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
 | John Harris - 1850 - 322 Seiten
...his own descriptions in the "Bridgewater Treatise," which had cost him hours and days of labor. He would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
 | William R. Williams - 1850 - 300 Seiten
...description in the " Bridgewater Treatise," which had cost him hours and days of labor. He (Dr. BnckLir.,l} would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
 | John Harris - 1850 - 324 Seiten
...description in the " Bridgewater Treatise/' which hud cost him hours and days of labor. He (Dr. Bucklaml) would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his uoeful life, he, if any one, would certainly render... | |
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He would give his left hand to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render the science attractive and popular, and do equal service to theology and geology. 
