Lives of Eminent Persons: Consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet, Wolsey, Sir E. Coke, Lord Somers, Caxton, Blake, Adam Smith, Niebuhr, Sir C. Wren, and Michael AngeloR. Baldwin, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... afterwards married to Taddeo Galletti her sister Virginia married Benedetto Landucci . Galileo mentions one of his sisters , ( without naming her ) as living with him in 1619 at Bellos- guardo . Michel Angelo is probably the same ...
... afterwards married to Taddeo Galletti her sister Virginia married Benedetto Landucci . Galileo mentions one of his sisters , ( without naming her ) as living with him in 1619 at Bellos- guardo . Michel Angelo is probably the same ...
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... afterwards developed in his Dialogues on Motion . These were not published till fifty years afterwards , and we shall reserve an account of their contents till we reach that period of his life . Galileo was by no means the first who had ...
... afterwards developed in his Dialogues on Motion . These were not published till fifty years afterwards , and we shall reserve an account of their contents till we reach that period of his life . Galileo was by no means the first who had ...
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... afterwards questioning them one by one , to see whether they were well pos- sessed of the reasons of the other side , I found them all to be very ready and perfect in them , so that I could not truly say that they took this opinion out ...
... afterwards questioning them one by one , to see whether they were well pos- sessed of the reasons of the other side , I found them all to be very ready and perfect in them , so that I could not truly say that they took this opinion out ...
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... afterwards explains to mean a glass lens , it would be very clear that the foregoing passage ( supposing it to have any meaning ) must be referred to a reflecting telescope , and it is a little singular that while this obscure passage ...
... afterwards explains to mean a glass lens , it would be very clear that the foregoing passage ( supposing it to have any meaning ) must be referred to a reflecting telescope , and it is a little singular that while this obscure passage ...
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... afterwards in the person of James Metius of Alkmaer , who is mentioned by Huyghens and Des Cartes , but his claims rest upon no authority whatever comparable to that which supports the other two . About half a century afterwards ...
... afterwards in the person of James Metius of Alkmaer , who is mentioned by Huyghens and Des Cartes , but his claims rest upon no authority whatever comparable to that which supports the other two . About half a century afterwards ...
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Página 10 - 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.
Página 34 - 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.
Página 39 - I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO*.
Página 32 - ... 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.
Página 22 - 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
Página 20 - Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value to those who possess it and who want to exchange it for some new productions is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Página 38 - 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.
Página 23 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water: and though he had been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage, and bold and resolute achievements.
Página 5 - 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.
Página 26 - Sheffield, a mercer, came into a house and asked for meat, and especially he asked after eggs; and the good wife answered that she could speak no French, and the merchant was angry, for he also could speak no French, but would have had eggs, and she understood him not. And then at last another said, that he would have "eyren...