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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... occasion His zealous inquiry relative to the assas- sination of Sir Thomas Overbury Resentment of the king against him His consequent disgrace and dismissal from his place of chief justice Marriage of Coke's daughter with the brother of ...
... occasion His zealous inquiry relative to the assas- sination of Sir Thomas Overbury Resentment of the king against him His consequent disgrace and dismissal from his place of chief justice Marriage of Coke's daughter with the brother of ...
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... occasion- ally in the course of his dialogues , and it is chiefly upon the references which he makes to the results with which the experiments furnished him , and upon the avowed and notorious character of his philosophy , that the ...
... occasion- ally in the course of his dialogues , and it is chiefly upon the references which he makes to the results with which the experiments furnished him , and upon the avowed and notorious character of his philosophy , that the ...
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... occasion condensation and rarefaction in different parts of it , which is the property of corruptible bodies and where they exist some violent mo- tion is going on ; but the heavens are incorruptible and are not susceptible of violent ...
... occasion condensation and rarefaction in different parts of it , which is the property of corruptible bodies and where they exist some violent mo- tion is going on ; but the heavens are incorruptible and are not susceptible of violent ...
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... occasion in the sequel to recognise the justice of this remark . In the treatise on the Sphere which bears Galileo's name , and which , if he be indeed the author of it , was composed during the early part of his residence at " Nobis ...
... occasion in the sequel to recognise the justice of this remark . In the treatise on the Sphere which bears Galileo's name , and which , if he be indeed the author of it , was composed during the early part of his residence at " Nobis ...
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... occasion of this aug- mentation is said by Fabroni , to have arisen out of the malice of an ill wisher of Galileo , who , hoping to do him dis- service , apprized the senate that he was not married to Marina Gamba , then living with him ...
... occasion of this aug- mentation is said by Fabroni , to have arisen out of the malice of an ill wisher of Galileo , who , hoping to do him dis- service , apprized the senate that he was not married to Marina Gamba , then living with him ...
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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...