Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - Всего страниц: 571 |
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... Ancient opinions on the cause of the tides Galileo becomes blind at the age of 72 his previous observation of the libration of the moon 71-74 75 49 76 ib . • State of mechanical science before the time of Galileo , with comments ...
... Ancient opinions on the cause of the tides Galileo becomes blind at the age of 72 his previous observation of the libration of the moon 71-74 75 49 76 ib . • State of mechanical science before the time of Galileo , with comments ...
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... ancients , its composition and colours Of the copyists of books before the in- vention of printing · A system of short - hand , supposed to have been invented by Xenophon Wages of copyists in England in the 15th century Booksellers of ...
... ancients , its composition and colours Of the copyists of books before the in- vention of printing · A system of short - hand , supposed to have been invented by Xenophon Wages of copyists in England in the 15th century Booksellers of ...
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... ancient sculpture 4-13 Remarks on the remaining specimens of Egyptian sculpture 4,5 The four periods in the history of the sculpture of the Greek Birth and parentage of , 1474 2 Discovered an early bent to the fine arts ib . Becomes the ...
... ancient sculpture 4-13 Remarks on the remaining specimens of Egyptian sculpture 4,5 The four periods in the history of the sculpture of the Greek Birth and parentage of , 1474 2 Discovered an early bent to the fine arts ib . Becomes the ...
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... ancient Florentine family , which , in the middle of the fourteenth century , adopted this surname instead of Bona- juti , under which several of their an- cestors filled distinguished offices in the Florentine state . Some misapprehen ...
... ancient Florentine family , which , in the middle of the fourteenth century , adopted this surname instead of Bona- juti , under which several of their an- cestors filled distinguished offices in the Florentine state . Some misapprehen ...
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... ancient opinions , only a few traces now remain , principally preserved in the works of those who were adverse to them . Archimedes says expressly that Aristarchus of Samos , who lived about 300 B. C. , taught the immobility of the sun ...
... ancient opinions , only a few traces now remain , principally preserved in the works of those who were adverse to them . Archimedes says expressly that Aristarchus of Samos , who lived about 300 B. C. , taught the immobility of the sun ...
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Стр. 20 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Стр. 14 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter ; when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Стр. 35 - I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there -were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Стр. 33 - ... the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such like questions.
Стр. 23 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the " highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but " peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; " all the rest being brought about by the natural course of
Стр. 11 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.
Стр. 39 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Стр. 22 - ... to demonstrate, that the most effectual plan for advancing a people to greatness, is to maintain that order of things which nature has pointed out, by allowing every man, as long as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and his capital into the freest competition with those of his fellow-citizens.
Стр. 6 - I thought best once for all to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.
Стр. 1 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.