The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes ...C. Knight, 1830 |
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... one , and it was admitted as such at once . He had made his calculation with care , although one of its elements was false ; it did not present the result it ought to have done , had his hypothesis been as 6 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... one , and it was admitted as such at once . He had made his calculation with care , although one of its elements was false ; it did not present the result it ought to have done , had his hypothesis been as 6 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... present matter , and our exultation in a superiority over them which we do not owe to our- selves . The illustrious Galileo himself , unquestionably one of the greatest men that ever lived , even after ad- vancing to the very confines ...
... present matter , and our exultation in a superiority over them which we do not owe to our- selves . The illustrious Galileo himself , unquestionably one of the greatest men that ever lived , even after ad- vancing to the very confines ...
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... present day , to be their own instructors in any branch of science or literature . Furnished as society now is , in all its departments , with accommodations in aid of intellectual exertion , such as , in some respects , even the ...
... present day , to be their own instructors in any branch of science or literature . Furnished as society now is , in all its departments , with accommodations in aid of intellectual exertion , such as , in some respects , even the ...
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... present- ing phases demonstrative of a spherical form ; Ju- piter , surrounded by four satellites , which accom- panied him in his orbit ; the milky way ; the nebulæ ; finally , the whole heaven sown over with an infinite multitude of ...
... present- ing phases demonstrative of a spherical form ; Ju- piter , surrounded by four satellites , which accom- panied him in his orbit ; the milky way ; the nebulæ ; finally , the whole heaven sown over with an infinite multitude of ...
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... presents itself , that I may give myself up to philosophy , without being a burthen to any one . " He was so poor , indeed , that the wind having blown aside his mantle one day when he hap- pened to be present at one of the public shews ...
... presents itself , that I may give myself up to philosophy , without being a burthen to any one . " He was so poor , indeed , that the wind having blown aside his mantle one day when he hap- pened to be present at one of the public shews ...
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Стр. 83 - That what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews of old did for their country, I in my proportion with this over and above of being a Christian, might do for mine...
Стр. 23 - Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Стр. 223 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Стр. 301 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Стр. 257 - Nollet, preceptor in Natural Philosophy to the royal family, and an able experimenter, who had formed and published a theory of electricity, which then had the general vogue. He could not at first believe that such a work came from America, and said it must have been fabricated by his enemies at Paris, to decry his system. Afterwards, having been assured that there really existed such a person as Franklin at Philadelphia, which he had doubted, he wrote and published a volume of Letters...
Стр. 221 - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that, in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character among us for learning and ingenuity.
Стр. 383 - ... who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.
Стр. 224 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.