Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OF THE 1837 ARTES SCIENTIA LIBRARY
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... sage in the introductory part , which that will empirically and sensibly cari-
becomes interesting when considered as vass the phenomena of nature ,
deducing affording some traces of the precepts the causes of things from such
originals by ...
... sage in the introductory part , which that will empirically and sensibly cari-
becomes interesting when considered as vass the phenomena of nature ,
deducing affording some traces of the precepts the causes of things from such
originals by ...
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Galileo thought himself capable of giving the world an example of a sounder and
more original mode of thinking ; he felt himself destined to be the founder of a
new school of rational and experimental philosophy . Of this we are now seN ° 4
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Galileo thought himself capable of giving the world an example of a sounder and
more original mode of thinking ; he felt himself destined to be the founder of a
new school of rational and experimental philosophy . Of this we are now seN ° 4
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... very termission of his philosophical studies , intelligent and wary , I repented
that I though in itself trivial , agrees very well was not there , and hegan from that
with Galileo's original medical destinatime forward , as oft as I met with any tion .
... very termission of his philosophical studies , intelligent and wary , I repented
that I though in itself trivial , agrees very well was not there , and hegan from that
with Galileo's original medical destinatime forward , as oft as I met with any tion .
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The original idea of this the directors attributed but little im- useful instrument
belongs to the Greek portance to the knowledge which it was mathematician
Hero ; and Santorio himthe professor's duty to impart . This in- self , who has
been ...
The original idea of this the directors attributed but little im- useful instrument
belongs to the Greek portance to the knowledge which it was mathematician
Hero ; and Santorio himthe professor's duty to impart . This in- self , who has
been ...
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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.
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| 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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