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But when I saw that he speaks mdecently of you, and has had the impudence to
put down an account of what passed lately, saying that he is in possession of the
whole of your process and sentence, I desired the man who brought it to me to ...
But when I saw that he speaks mdecently of you, and has had the impudence to
put down an account of what passed lately, saying that he is in possession of the
whole of your process and sentence, I desired the man who brought it to me to ...
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arrive at any point P of its orbit would be proportional to, and might be
represented by, the sums of all the lines that could be drawn from S to the arc A P
, on the same scale that the whole period of revolution would be denoted by the
sum of all ...
arrive at any point P of its orbit would be proportional to, and might be
represented by, the sums of all the lines that could be drawn from S to the arc A P
, on the same scale that the whole period of revolution would be denoted by the
sum of all ...
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The inside of the whole cupola is painted by Sir James Thornhill, in eight
compartments. In the crown of the vault, as in the Pantheon, there is a circular
opening, by which not only the lantern transmits light, but the inside ornaments of
the ...
The inside of the whole cupola is painted by Sir James Thornhill, in eight
compartments. In the crown of the vault, as in the Pantheon, there is a circular
opening, by which not only the lantern transmits light, but the inside ornaments of
the ...
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To have done more would have diminished the noble effect of the whole.whieh is
only heightened by what is left to the imagination. Perhaps none but a mind so
gifted as that of this great master could have conceived this, or succeeded in so ...
To have done more would have diminished the noble effect of the whole.whieh is
only heightened by what is left to the imagination. Perhaps none but a mind so
gifted as that of this great master could have conceived this, or succeeded in so ...
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He worked with such impetuosity and fury, that I expected every moment that the
whole block would have been broken in pieces. Every blow brought away pieces
of three or four inches in thickness ; and his chisel went so near the termination ...
He worked with such impetuosity and fury, that I expected every moment that the
whole block would have been broken in pieces. Every blow brought away pieces
of three or four inches in thickness ; and his chisel went so near the termination ...
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able according admiration afterwards already ancient appears beauty body called carried cause centre character church common complete considered continued court death desire direction discovered distance earth effect employed England English equal expressed fact force Galileo give given hand honour important interest Italy Kepler king knowledge known labour learned less letter light lived Lord manner matter means measure ment mentioned method Michael Angelo mind motion move nature never Newton object observations occasion opinion original passed perhaps period persons philosopher planets present principles printed probably produced proportion published reason received remained remarkable respect Rome says seems sent society soon supposed taken theory thing thought tion true universal whole Wolsey writings
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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...
Información bibliográfica
| 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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