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This pro- under considerable disadvantages , the posed marriage never took
place , but ordinary rudiments of a classical educaLivia was afterwards married to
Taddeo tion , and a competent knowledge of the Galletti : her sister Virginia ...
This pro- under considerable disadvantages , the posed marriage never took
place , but ordinary rudiments of a classical educaLivia was afterwards married to
Taddeo tion , and a competent knowledge of the Galletti : her sister Virginia ...
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... appear greater than totle had never suspected , immediately those which are at
the top ; and if any refused all credit to those senses , to one look through two
eyeglasses , one which , on other occasions , they so confi- placed upon the
other ...
... appear greater than totle had never suspected , immediately those which are at
the top ; and if any refused all credit to those senses , to one look through two
eyeglasses , one which , on other occasions , they so confi- placed upon the
other ...
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This imprisoned fiend . supposition is not controverted by the As soon as
Galileo's first telescope was fact , that this sort of telescope was never completed ,
he returned with it to Veemployed by astronomers till long after- nice , and the ...
This imprisoned fiend . supposition is not controverted by the As soon as
Galileo's first telescope was fact , that this sort of telescope was never completed ,
he returned with it to Veemployed by astronomers till long after- nice , and the ...
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They keep us from of Kepler's fanciful brain , among which deceiving ourselves
and others , by prohe was lucky enough at length to hit mising ourselves results
which we can upon the real and principal laws of the never obtain . " planetary ...
They keep us from of Kepler's fanciful brain , among which deceiving ourselves
and others , by prohe was lucky enough at length to hit mising ourselves results
which we can upon the real and principal laws of the never obtain . " planetary ...
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One source of “ I will never concede his four new plaexultation was still left him ,
from the nets to that Italian from Padua though apprehension of which Martin
Horky 1 die for it , ” followed up this declarahas now entirely delivered me . " It is
tion ...
One source of “ I will never concede his four new plaexultation was still left him ,
from the nets to that Italian from Padua though apprehension of which Martin
Horky 1 die for it , ” followed up this declarahas now entirely delivered me . " It is
tion ...
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Página 18 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 12 - 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 33 - 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 - ... 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 21 - 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 9 - 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 37 - 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 20 - ... 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 4 - 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 xv - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Lives of Eminent Persons Library of useful knowledge, Its |
| Autor | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) |
| Editor | Baldwin and Cradock, 1833 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 6 Mayo 2008 |
| Largo | 571 páginas |
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