Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... letters from Paris , was all that he learned on the subject ; and returning to Padua , he immediately applied him- self to consider the means by which such an effect could be produced . Fuccarius , in an abusive letter which he wrote on ...
... letters from Paris , was all that he learned on the subject ; and returning to Padua , he immediately applied him- self to consider the means by which such an effect could be produced . Fuccarius , in an abusive letter which he wrote on ...
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... letter from John the son of Za- * charias , in which John , omitting all mention of his father , speaks of his own observation of the satellites of Jupiter , evidently seeking to insinuate that they were earlier than Galileo's ; and in ...
... letter from John the son of Za- * charias , in which John , omitting all mention of his father , speaks of his own observation of the satellites of Jupiter , evidently seeking to insinuate that they were earlier than Galileo's ; and in ...
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... letter which Gali- leo received on this occasion from the court of France , will serve to show how highly the honour ... letters , when the news was brought me of the dis- covery of four planets by the help of the double eye - glass ...
... letter which Gali- leo received on this occasion from the court of France , will serve to show how highly the honour ... letters , when the news was brought me of the dis- covery of four planets by the help of the double eye - glass ...
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... letter continues : - " I am so far from disbelieving the existence of the four circumjovial planets , that I long for a telescope to anticipate you , if pos- sible , in discovering two round Mars , ( as the proportion seems to me to ...
... letter continues : - " I am so far from disbelieving the existence of the four circumjovial planets , that I long for a telescope to anticipate you , if pos- sible , in discovering two round Mars , ( as the proportion seems to me to ...
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... letter Kepler writes , that although he has himself perfect confi- dence in the truth of Galileo's asser- tions , yet he wishes he could furnish him with some corroborative testimonies , which Kepler could quote in arguing the point ...
... letter Kepler writes , that although he has himself perfect confi- dence in the truth of Galileo's asser- tions , yet he wishes he could furnish him with some corroborative testimonies , which Kepler could quote in arguing the point ...
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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.