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Dr. Smith's subsequent character of Hume as an author 4 Passed 7 years at
Oxford . . ib. Cause of his objections to that university in. after life ib. He removed
to Edinburgh in 1748, and formed an intimacy with all the great men of that ...
Dr. Smith's subsequent character of Hume as an author 4 Passed 7 years at
Oxford . . ib. Cause of his objections to that university in. after life ib. He removed
to Edinburgh in 1748, and formed an intimacy with all the great men of that ...
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This was a great service done in a very critical time, and contributed not a little to
raise Somers's character*.' In the debates which took place on the bill for the
exercise of the powers of government by the queen in the king's absence,
Somers ...
This was a great service done in a very critical time, and contributed not a little to
raise Somers's character*.' In the debates which took place on the bill for the
exercise of the powers of government by the queen in the king's absence,
Somers ...
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... the son of Sir Francis Winnington, his early and intimate friend. In judging of his
intellectual character at the present day by his various published writings and his
forensic and parliamentary speeches, the reader cannot fail to be impressed ...
... the son of Sir Francis Winnington, his early and intimate friend. In judging of his
intellectual character at the present day by his various published writings and his
forensic and parliamentary speeches, the reader cannot fail to be impressed ...
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It is sufficient to ensure a high estimation of the character of Blake, that with the
total absence of all views which, in the general opinion of mankind, are
pronounced mean, selfish, or interested, he rendered the greatest services to his
country ...
It is sufficient to ensure a high estimation of the character of Blake, that with the
total absence of all views which, in the general opinion of mankind, are
pronounced mean, selfish, or interested, he rendered the greatest services to his
country ...
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on the excellencies of his character, has not omitted to point out his industry as
worthy of imitation by artists of all ages. Chapter XV. Character of Michael Angelo
as an Architect. In his capacity as an architect, M. Angelo was extolled for his ...
on the excellencies of his character, has not omitted to point out his industry as
worthy of imitation by artists of all ages. Chapter XV. Character of Michael Angelo
as an Architect. In his capacity as an architect, M. Angelo was extolled for his ...
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Página 17 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 2 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Página 8 - 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 13 - 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...
Página 32 - 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 31 - 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 18 - Labour was the first price, the original purchase money 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 30 - ... 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 36 - 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 62 - I held and believed that the sun is the centre of the world and immovable, and that the earth is not the centre and...
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| Título | Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler Libr. of useful knowledge Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Lives |
| Autor | Lives |
| Publicado | 1833 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 14 Mar 2007 |
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