Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 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 20 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 14 - 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 35 - 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 33 - ... 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 23 - 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 11 - 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 39 - 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 22 - ... to demonstrate, that the most effectual plan for advancing a people to greatness, is to maintain that order of things which nature has pointed out, by allowing every man, as long as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and his capital into the freest competition with those of his fellow-citizens.
Página 6 - 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 1 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.