Lives of Eminent Persons: Consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet, Wolsey, Sir E. Coke, Lord Somers, Caxton, Blake, Adam Smith, Niebuhr, Sir C. Wren, and Michael AngeloR. Baldwin, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... taken in the book of Copernicus , I found very few that had so much as superficially perused it , but of those who I thought had under- stood the same , not one : and , moreover , I have inquired amongst the followers of the Peripatetic ...
... taken in the book of Copernicus , I found very few that had so much as superficially perused it , but of those who I thought had under- stood the same , not one : and , moreover , I have inquired amongst the followers of the Peripatetic ...
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... taken , in the wild freedom of his remarks , to attract a mind like Gali- leo's ; and it is with more satisfaction that we refer the formation of his opinions to a man of undoubted though eccentric genius , like Bruno , than to such as ...
... taken , in the wild freedom of his remarks , to attract a mind like Gali- leo's ; and it is with more satisfaction that we refer the formation of his opinions to a man of undoubted though eccentric genius , like Bruno , than to such as ...
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... taken into account , which might justify his indulging a little more than usual in self - praise , and it would have been per- haps almost impossible for him to have remained entirely blind to his vast supe- riority over his ...
... taken into account , which might justify his indulging a little more than usual in self - praise , and it would have been per- haps almost impossible for him to have remained entirely blind to his vast supe- riority over his ...
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... taken such deep and general root , that long afterwards , when the reality of Jupiter's satellites was in- contestably established , and Huyghens had discovered a similar satellite near Saturn , he was so rash as to declare his belief ...
... taken such deep and general root , that long afterwards , when the reality of Jupiter's satellites was in- contestably established , and Huyghens had discovered a similar satellite near Saturn , he was so rash as to declare his belief ...
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... taken from an Essay , published with the later editions of the Nuncius , the object and spirit of which seem to have been greatly misunderstood , even by some of Kepler's intimate friends.- They considered it as a covert attack upon ...
... taken from an Essay , published with the later editions of the Nuncius , the object and spirit of which seem to have been greatly misunderstood , even by some of Kepler's intimate friends.- They considered it as a covert attack upon ...
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Página 10 - 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 34 - 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 39 - I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO*.
Página 32 - ... 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 22 - 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 20 - Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value to those who possess it and who want to exchange it for some new productions is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Página 38 - 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 23 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water: and though he had been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage, and bold and resolute achievements.
Página 5 - 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 26 - Sheffield, a mercer, came into a house and asked for meat, and especially he asked after eggs; and the good wife answered that she could speak no French, and the merchant was angry, for he also could speak no French, but would have had eggs, and she understood him not. And then at last another said, that he would have "eyren...