Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 82
vatory there. Though he kept his carriage,lived in some style, had half-a-dozen male and femaleservants, and was always hospitable, he was not fondof society, and talked but little in it. Johnson onceremarked to Sir William Jones that if Newton hadflourished in ancient Greece, he would have been… … Jib. Jsmc/{£wroAs//ot/s£fredyidcock GOLDSMITH, REYNOLDS, ETC. S5 sedate, and humble; never seeming angry, of pro-found thought, his countenance mild, pleasant, andcomely. He always kept close to his studies. ... Inever knew him to take any recreation or pastime,thinking all hours lost that were not…
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