Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - Всего страниц: 571 |
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... taken , by the several planets , in the music of the spheres Kepler's account of the causes of regula- rity in the law of motion of the planets 44 at Ratisbon , described List of his published works · · · · 4 Remarks on the geometry of ...
... taken , by the several planets , in the music of the spheres Kepler's account of the causes of regula- rity in the law of motion of the planets 44 at Ratisbon , described List of his published works · · · · 4 Remarks on the geometry of ...
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... taken in the book of Copernicus , I found very few that had so much as superficially perused it , but of those who I thought had under- stood the same , not one : and , moreover , I have inquired amongst the followers of the Peripatetic ...
... taken in the book of Copernicus , I found very few that had so much as superficially perused it , but of those who I thought had under- stood the same , not one : and , moreover , I have inquired amongst the followers of the Peripatetic ...
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... taken , in the wild freedom of his remarks , to attract a mind like Gali- leo's ; and it is with more satisfaction that we refer the formation of his opinions to a man of undoubted though eccentric genius , like Bruno , than to such as ...
... taken , in the wild freedom of his remarks , to attract a mind like Gali- leo's ; and it is with more satisfaction that we refer the formation of his opinions to a man of undoubted though eccentric genius , like Bruno , than to such as ...
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... taken ) in one algebraical formula . The observations of Kepler's day were scarcely accurate enough to prove that the relations which he disco- vered between the distances of the planets from the sun and the periods of their revolutions ...
... taken ) in one algebraical formula . The observations of Kepler's day were scarcely accurate enough to prove that the relations which he disco- vered between the distances of the planets from the sun and the periods of their revolutions ...
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... taken into account , which might justify his induiging a little more than usual in self - praise , and it would have been per- haps almost impossible for him to have remained entirely blind to his vast supe- riority over his ...
... taken into account , which might justify his induiging a little more than usual in self - praise , and it would have been per- haps almost impossible for him to have remained entirely blind to his vast supe- riority over his ...
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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.