Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... sent , though very estimable , he was yet surpass himself . inferior to his contemporary Galileo , The biography of men who have deperhaps even to Kepler . " Bacon pointed voted themselves to philosophical purout at a distance the road ...
... sent , though very estimable , he was yet surpass himself . inferior to his contemporary Galileo , The biography of men who have deperhaps even to Kepler . " Bacon pointed voted themselves to philosophical purout at a distance the road ...
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... sent for his two nephews , Alberto and a younger brother , to Arcetri near Florence , where De his quæ diu vivunt . Patavii , 1612 . he was then living . These two were then the only survivors of Michel An- gelo's family ; and many of ...
... sent for his two nephews , Alberto and a younger brother , to Arcetri near Florence , where De his quæ diu vivunt . Patavii , 1612 . he was then living . These two were then the only survivors of Michel An- gelo's family ; and many of ...
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... sent to Italy . It is dated Padua , 31st August , 1609. " " We have no news , except the return of His Serene Highness , and the re- election of the lecturers , among whom Sign . Galileo has contrived to get 1000 florins for life ; and ...
... sent to Italy . It is dated Padua , 31st August , 1609. " " We have no news , except the return of His Serene Highness , and the re- election of the lecturers , among whom Sign . Galileo has contrived to get 1000 florins for life ; and ...
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... sent this news from Galileo were cele- brated men , far removed by their learn- ing , weight , and character , above vulgar folly ; that the book was actually in the press , and would be published immedi- ately . On our separating , the ...
... sent this news from Galileo were cele- brated men , far removed by their learn- ing , weight , and character , above vulgar folly ; that the book was actually in the press , and would be published immedi- ately . On our separating , the ...
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... true for the sky . " He must have been an objector of this kind , who said to Galileo .-- " Oh , Sir , the telescope's only true for the earth . ” * Venturi , & c . * Horky sent his performance tri- umphantly 30 GALILEO .
... true for the sky . " He must have been an objector of this kind , who said to Galileo .-- " Oh , Sir , the telescope's only true for the earth . ” * Venturi , & c . * Horky sent his performance tri- umphantly 30 GALILEO .
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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.