Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - Всего страниц: 571 |
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... nature to the torture , as Bacon calls it , has occasioned the principal part of modern philosophical discoveries . The experimentalist may so order his exami- nation of nature as to vary at pleasure the circumstances in which it is ...
... nature to the torture , as Bacon calls it , has occasioned the principal part of modern philosophical discoveries . The experimentalist may so order his exami- nation of nature as to vary at pleasure the circumstances in which it is ...
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... nature , deducing the causes of things from such originals in nature as we observe are producible by art , and the infallible demonstration of mechanics : and certainly this is the way , and no other , to build a true and permanent ...
... nature , deducing the causes of things from such originals in nature as we observe are producible by art , and the infallible demonstration of mechanics : and certainly this is the way , and no other , to build a true and permanent ...
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... natural history . He finally settled in the service of the Elector of Bavaria ; in what situation is not known , but ... nature with which he employed himself in their service and for their amusement . It is worthy of observation , that ...
... natural history . He finally settled in the service of the Elector of Bavaria ; in what situation is not known , but ... nature with which he employed himself in their service and for their amusement . It is worthy of observation , that ...
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... nature of his pursuits : Vincenzo yielded to the irresistible predilection of his son's mind , and no longer attempted to turn him from the speculations to which his whole existence was thenceforward abandoned . This After mastering the ...
... nature of his pursuits : Vincenzo yielded to the irresistible predilection of his son's mind , and no longer attempted to turn him from the speculations to which his whole existence was thenceforward abandoned . This After mastering the ...
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... natural son of Cosmo , who possessed a slight knowledge of mechanics on which he prided himself , had proposed a ... nature offered to him , and in more than one instance he was relieved , by their full and triumphant answers , from ...
... natural son of Cosmo , who possessed a slight knowledge of mechanics on which he prided himself , had proposed a ... nature offered to him , and in more than one instance he was relieved , by their full and triumphant answers , from ...
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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.