Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - Всего страниц: 571 |
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... considered his birth and parentage ( 1571 ) 2 was educated at the expense of the Duke of Wirtemberg · appointed to the Astronomical Lectureship at Gratz , in Styria ib . ib . imaginative nature of his studies 3 was an early convert to ...
... considered his birth and parentage ( 1571 ) 2 was educated at the expense of the Duke of Wirtemberg · appointed to the Astronomical Lectureship at Gratz , in Styria ib . ib . imaginative nature of his studies 3 was an early convert to ...
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... considered ab- surd to begin with the effect instead of the cause ; whereas the real choice lay between proceeding from particular facts • Ménage . B to general facts , or from general facts to particular LIFE OF GALILEO :
... considered ab- surd to begin with the effect instead of the cause ; whereas the real choice lay between proceeding from particular facts • Ménage . B to general facts , or from general facts to particular LIFE OF GALILEO :
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... considered 55 56 ib.- 57 ib . ib . 57-59 Specimens translated by Southey and Wordsworth , with remarks on ib . ib . His own letter on the subject Excellence as a military architect 46 On the poetry of Michael Angelo ib . ib . 47 ib ...
... considered 55 56 ib.- 57 ib . ib . 57-59 Specimens translated by Southey and Wordsworth , with remarks on ib . ib . His own letter on the subject Excellence as a military architect 46 On the poetry of Michael Angelo ib . ib . 47 ib ...
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... considered more interesting than that of Galileo ; and if we compare the state in which he found , with that in which he left , the study of nature , we shall feel how justly an enthusiastic panegyric pronounced upon the age immediately ...
... considered more interesting than that of Galileo ; and if we compare the state in which he found , with that in which he left , the study of nature , we shall feel how justly an enthusiastic panegyric pronounced upon the age immediately ...
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... considered those of a visionary and madman , were in very extensive circulation , probably not the less eagerly sought after from being included among the books prohibited by the Romish church ; and although it has been re- served for ...
... considered those of a visionary and madman , were in very extensive circulation , probably not the less eagerly sought after from being included among the books prohibited by the Romish church ; and although it has been re- served for ...
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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.