 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 science attractive and...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 6931844Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | David Masson - 1859 - 356 pages
...man : and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render science attractive and popular, and do equal service to theology and geology. Mr. Miller•s style is remarkably pleasing; hia mode of popularizing geological knowledge unsurpassed,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 530 pages
...to possess such powers of deseription as this man; and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render the science...popular, and do equal service to theology and geology." At the meetings of the Association, the language of panegyric and of mutual compliment is not unfrequent,... | |
 | 1859 - 448 pages
...mnn : and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render science attractive and popular, and do equal service to theology and geology. Mr. Miller's style is remarkably pleasing; hia mode of popularizing geological knowledge unsurpassed,... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1890 - 736 pages
...of description as this man ; and if it pleases Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any, will certainly render the science attractive and popular, and do equal service to theology and geology.' The publication of the volume on the * Old Red Sandstone,' with the details of the author's discoveries... | |
 | 1857 - 732 pages
...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...popular, and do equal service to theology and geology." The publication of the volume on the " Old Bed Sandstone," with the details of the author's discoveries... | |
 | Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould - 1855 - 274 pages
...man : and if it pleased Providence to spare his useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render science attractive and popular, and do equal service to theology and geology. Mr. Miller's style is remarkably pleasing; hia mode of popularizing geological knowledge unsurpassed,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1851 - 552 pages
...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...popular, and do equal service to Theology and Geology. It must be gratifying to Mr. Miller to hear that his discovery had been assigned his own name by such... | |
 | 1859 - 866 pages
...to possess suck 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...popular, and do equal service to theology and geology/ At the meetings of the Association, the language of panegyric and of mutual compliment is not unfrequent,... | |
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