 | Leslie Stephen - 1885 - 498 sider
...and setting on other bovs to fight. In fact, lie was so troublesome in his early days that his father was heard to say that, if it pleased God to take any of his children, he could best spare Isaac. Charterhouse not proving a success, he was removed to Felstead school, where... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - 1889 - 292 sider
...went to school first at Charterhouse (where he was so troublesome that his father was heard to pray that if it pleased God to take any of his children he could best spare Isaac), and subsequently to Felstead. He entered at Trinity in 1644, took his bachelor's... | |
 | Thomas De Witt Talmage - 1892 - 228 sider
...now though he has been dead over two hundred years — was the disheartenment of his father, who used to say that if it pleased God to take any of his children away he hoped it might be his son Isaac. So some of those who have been characterized for their stupidity... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - 1901 - 586 sider
...went to school first at Charterhouse (where he was so troublesome that his father was heard to pray that if it pleased God to take any of his children he could best spare Isaac), and suljsequently to Felstead. He completed his education at Trinity College,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 512 sider
...Charterhouse, where he principally distinguished himself by fighting his schoolfellows. His father was heard to say that "if it pleased God to take any of his children, he often solemnly wished it might be Isaac." But at school at Felsted he made great progress, and in 1645... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 504 sider
...Charterhouse, where he principally distinguished himself by fighting his schoolfellows. His father was heard to say that "if it pleased God to take any of his children, he often solemnly wished it might be Isaac." But at school at Felsted he made great progress, and in 1645... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907 - 524 sider
...that of Barrow. The son of a linendraper, and so unruly as a boy that his father was wont to exclaim that, if it pleased God to take any of his children he could best spare isaac, Barrow attained to the front rank by sheer strength of brain. He was, indeed,... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1916 - 860 sider
...History of Mathematics:1 "At Charterhouse, Barrow was so troublesome that his father was heard to pray that if it pleased God to take any of his children, he could best spare Isaac." Later he seems to have turned over a new leaf, and in 1643 we find him entered... | |
 | 1890 - 582 sider
...somewhat unpromising is evident from another record. "So troublesome in his early days that his father was heard to say that if it pleased God to take any of his children, he could best spare Isaac." It would seem, however, that the child is not always father to the man. Wo... | |
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Charterhouse (where he was so troublesome that his father was heard to pray that if it pleased God to take any of his children he could best spare Isaac), and subsequently to Felstead. 