Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in the time of George iii, Volumen2;Volumen123 |
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Página vi
... remarks are almost exclusively confined . As for the want of novelty , nothing can be more perilous than running after discoveries on the merits of works that have been before the world for almost a cen- tury , and on which the most ...
... remarks are almost exclusively confined . As for the want of novelty , nothing can be more perilous than running after discoveries on the merits of works that have been before the world for almost a cen- tury , and on which the most ...
Página vii
... and disgust by any person whose mind is ordinarily pure . The Lives in the present volume require little prefatory remark , because they embrace hardly any controversial matter . But I venture to advise the reader PREFACE . vii.
... and disgust by any person whose mind is ordinarily pure . The Lives in the present volume require little prefatory remark , because they embrace hardly any controversial matter . But I venture to advise the reader PREFACE . vii.
Página xv
... remark- able name of Socrates in the minds of all who love philosophy ; and there is perhaps added a zest to the collections of the English writer which the Athenian records possess not ; we see the amiable and lively his- B torian ...
... remark- able name of Socrates in the minds of all who love philosophy ; and there is perhaps added a zest to the collections of the English writer which the Athenian records possess not ; we see the amiable and lively his- B torian ...
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... remark . " This Traveller has consulted his senses and not his imagination . He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rocks without ...
... remark . " This Traveller has consulted his senses and not his imagination . He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rocks without ...
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... remark was , " Depend upon it , he will soon be drawn out from his retreat . ” Nothing can be more painful than to contemplate the struggles in which these years of his penury were passed , more especially the earlier ones , after he 14 ...
... remark was , " Depend upon it , he will soon be drawn out from his retreat . ” Nothing can be more painful than to contemplate the struggles in which these years of his penury were passed , more especially the earlier ones , after he 14 ...
Términos y frases comunes
Academy acid ADAM SMITH admiration admitted afterwards appears Banks body calcination calculus capital Cavendish certainly Clairaut colonies commodities considered Corn Laws D'Alembert D'Alembert's solution discovery doctrine eminent Encyclopédie equally Euler experiments favour feelings fixed air formed French gave geometrician Gibbon give given Government gratification habits Hume illustrious important inquiries interest JAMES COOK Johnson kind labour Lausanne Lavoisier learned letter Lincolnshire literary lived Lord manufactures mathematical Memoirs ment mentioned merit metals mind motion nation nature never nitrous acid object observed obtained opinion oxygen paper person philosophers phlogiston pleasure political portion Priestley principles produce profits published pursuits received regard remarks rent respect says shewed Sir Joseph Sir Joseph Banks Smith society supposed Tacitus theory thing tion trade truth Voltaire wages wealth Wealth of Nations whole wholly writings
Pasajes populares
Página 292 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 19 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Página 272 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Página 64 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Página 58 - What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick and he left it marble.
Página 278 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Página 46 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful 'for anything we allow them short of hanging.
Página 292 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 414 - D'Alembert, was the Precession of the equinoxes and the Nutation of the earth's axis, according to the theory of gravitation.
Página 294 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.