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... whole year in Egypt 9 Niebuhr determines the longitude of Alexandria , Kahira , and other places , by lunar observations Anecdote of Turkish ignorance respecting telescopes Description of the palace of Joseph , at Kahira ib . 10 11 ...
... whole year in Egypt 9 Niebuhr determines the longitude of Alexandria , Kahira , and other places , by lunar observations Anecdote of Turkish ignorance respecting telescopes Description of the palace of Joseph , at Kahira ib . 10 11 ...
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... whole of his life . He was also passionately fond of painting , and at one time he wished to make it his profession : and his skill and judgment of pictures were highly esteemed by the most eminent contemporary artists , who did not ...
... whole of his life . He was also passionately fond of painting , and at one time he wished to make it his profession : and his skill and judgment of pictures were highly esteemed by the most eminent contemporary artists , who did not ...
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... whole attention was soon directed to the enjoyment of the new sensations thus communicated to him , insomuch that Vincenzo , finding his prognostics veri- fied , began to repent his indirect sanc- tion , and privately requested Ricci to ...
... whole attention was soon directed to the enjoyment of the new sensations thus communicated to him , insomuch that Vincenzo , finding his prognostics veri- fied , began to repent his indirect sanc- tion , and privately requested Ricci to ...
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... whole week will be found to complete the cycle of the seven planets . Mercury Venus . Moon . ' uns Saturn . Mars . Jupiter The other stars were supposed to be fixed in an outer orb , beyond which were two crystalline spheres , ( as they ...
... whole week will be found to complete the cycle of the seven planets . Mercury Venus . Moon . ' uns Saturn . Mars . Jupiter The other stars were supposed to be fixed in an outer orb , beyond which were two crystalline spheres , ( as they ...
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... whole armie ; and divers sunnes and moones , yea , as many as we please , shall appeare at one time , & c . And so may the perspects be framed , that things most farre off may seeme most nigh unto us , and clean contrarie , soe that we ...
... whole armie ; and divers sunnes and moones , yea , as many as we please , shall appeare at one time , & c . And so may the perspects be framed , that things most farre off may seeme most nigh unto us , and clean contrarie , soe that we ...
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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.