 I am extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in, and have neither ate nor slept well this twelvemonth, nor have my former consistency of mind. I never designed to get anything by your interest, nor by King James's favour, but am now sensible that I...  The Life of Sir Isaac Newton - Page 211de David Brewster - 1833 - 323 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...Newton himself, writing on the 13th September 1C93 to Pepys, secretary to the Admiralty, says : 'I r, yet pleasing still, A gentler mood inspires; for...mournful grove; Oft startling such as studious walk Again, on the 16th of the same month, he writes to his friend Locke in the following remarkable manner... | |
 | 1832 - 700 pages
...1693, copied by Dr Brewster in his recently published Life of Newton, the philosopher himself says, " I am extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in, and have neither ate nor slept well this twelve• It is erroneously stated by Dr Brewster, that " this extraordinary effect was first communicated... | |
 | 1840 - 506 pages
...; but upon his pressing consented, before I considered what I did, for I am extremely troubled with the embroilment I am in, and have neither ate nor...former consistency of mind. I never designed to get anything by your interest, nor by King James's favour, but am now sensible that I must withdraw from... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1833 - 404 pages
...Quoted in Jones's Christian Biography — Article Boyle. pressive " nervous disorder," and wrote, " I have neither ate nor slept well this twelvemonth, nor have my former consistency of mind." The attempt, indeed, of French sceptics, to represent this temporary illness as a confirmed mental... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 pages
...assailed with severe mental depression and unquiet, for in a letter to Mr. Pepys, we find him saying, "I am extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in,...twelvemonth, nor have my former consistency of mind. I am now sensible that I must withdraw from your acquaintance, and see neither you nor the rest of my... | |
 | 1840 - 512 pages
...; but upon his pressing consented, before I considered what I did, for I am extremely troubled with the embroilment I am in, and have neither ate nor slept well this twelvemonth, nor have my fcrraer consistency of mind. I never designed to get anything by your interest, nor by King James's... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 316 pages
...went to London. I was averse ; but upon his pressing consented, before I considered what I did, for I am extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in,...former consistency of mind. I never designed to get anything by your interest, nor By King James's favour, but am now sensible that I must withdraw from... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 322 pages
...went to London. I was averse ; but upon his pressing consented, before I considered what I did, for I am extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in,...former consistency of mind. I never designed to get anything by your interest, nor by King James's favour, but am now sensible that I must •withdraw... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 318 pages
...to London. I was averse ; but upon his fressing consented, before I considered what I did, for ana extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in, and...former consistency of mind. I never designed to get anything by your interest, nor by King James's favour, but am now sensible that I must withdraw from... | |
 | Isaac Newton, J. Edleston - 1850 - 436 pages
...Gentleman's Magazine, LXXXIV. 3. (io») Brewster's Life of Newton, p. 232. In this letter he says : " I have neither ate nor slept well this twelvemonth, nor have my former consistency of mind." A fortnight afterwards he apologized through a common friend for having written such "a very odd letter,"... | |
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