 If I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws by which the material world is governed, more familiar to my countrywomen, I shall have the gratification of thinking, that the gracious permission to dedicate my book to your Majesty has not been misplaced.  On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Side iiiav Mary Somerville - 1835 - 493 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1834 - 560 sider
...of character that distinguish the accomplished author : — ' If I have succeeded in my endea' vour to make the laws by which the material world is governed...more familiar to my countrywomen, I shall have the gratifica' tion of thinking that the gracious permission to dedicate my ' book to your Majesty has... | |
 | 576 sider
...persons, have not been tied to any very precise terms. The intention of the author appears to have been " to make the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to her countrywomen," — a most desirable object, but which cannot, we are afraid, be attained until... | |
 | 1834 - 562 sider
...kind we have thus attempted to describe. In her simple and brief dedication to the Queen, she says, ' If I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws by which the material world is governed) mpre familiar to my countrywomen, I shall have the gratification, pf thinking, that the gracious permission... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 sider
...command a wider circle of readers, and enjoy the " gratification" so much desired by herself, "of making the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to her countrywomen." Mrs. Somcrvillc's work commences with a preliminary chapter on geology,* which ig... | |
 | 1848 - 690 sider
...command a wider circle of readers, and enjoy the " gratification" so much desired by herself, " of making the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to her countrywomen." Mrs. Somerville'e work commences with a preliminary chapter on geology,* which is... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 sider
...STREET. 1849. LONDON : GEORGE WOODFALL AND SON, ANOEL cOURT, SKINNER STHEET. • TO THE QUEEN. MADAH, IF I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws...not been misplaced. I am, With the greatest respect, YOUB MAJESTY'S Obedient and Humble Servant, MART SOMEKVILLE. Royal Hospital , Chelsea, Jan. 1, 1834.... | |
 | Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff - 1851 - 572 sider
...knowledge of foreign literature in England have met with success, I shall enjoy the agreeable conviction that the gracious permission to dedicate my book to Your Majesty has not been altogether undeserved. I am, Madam, With the greatest respect, Your Majesty's Obedient and humble Servant,... | |
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