Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Implant in the Young Mind the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports of YouthJohn Murray, 1861 - 401 páginas |
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Página xi
... give another illustration , —as mischievous as the magic volume of Michael Scott , which , as Dempster informs us , could not be opened without the danger of invoking some malignant fiend by the operation . " Henceforth let all young ...
... give another illustration , —as mischievous as the magic volume of Michael Scott , which , as Dempster informs us , could not be opened without the danger of invoking some malignant fiend by the operation . " Henceforth let all young ...
Página xii
... give the name of the English author ; while , by not withholding his own , he affords me the gratifying opportunity of identifying M. Richard as the person to whom I am obliged for the ability with which he has executed a difficult ...
... give the name of the English author ; while , by not withholding his own , he affords me the gratifying opportunity of identifying M. Richard as the person to whom I am obliged for the ability with which he has executed a difficult ...
Página xiv
... gives an account of what passed in discourse , which is the plan generally adopted by Cicero . The reader is aware that Mrs Marcet , in her " Conversations on Philosophy , " has adopted the former , while Miss Edgeworth , in her “ Harry ...
... gives an account of what passed in discourse , which is the plan generally adopted by Cicero . The reader is aware that Mrs Marcet , in her " Conversations on Philosophy , " has adopted the former , while Miss Edgeworth , in her “ Harry ...
Página xvi
... give to sterling sense a more lasting currency ; and be it moreover observed , that certain details and levities , otherwise perhaps exceptionable , are , in fact , the spells which confer that air of truthful life so necessary to ...
... give to sterling sense a more lasting currency ; and be it moreover observed , that certain details and levities , otherwise perhaps exceptionable , are , in fact , the spells which confer that air of truthful life so necessary to ...
Página xxiii
... give rise . The Cornish Piskies . - The operation of miners detected by sounds during a siege . - The myth of Narcissus , 224 CHAPTER XX . The whispering - gallery in the dome of St Paul's . - The speaking- trumpet . - The invisible ...
... give rise . The Cornish Piskies . - The operation of miners detected by sounds during a siege . - The myth of Narcissus , 224 CHAPTER XX . The whispering - gallery in the dome of St Paul's . - The speaking- trumpet . - The invisible ...
Términos y frases comunes
amusement ancient angle answered antiquary antiquity appear asked Mr Seymour axis ball body centre of gravity centrifugal force classical coin colours complementary colours continued Mr Seymour cried dear delight direction distance doubt earth effect elastic equal exclaimed the vicar exhibit experiment explain fall father Fcap figure flowers force hand History illustration kite lady light Louisa Major Snapwell manner marble ment Miss Villers Natural Philosophy nature never NOTE object observed Mr Seymour observed the vicar occasion Oliver Cromwell Osterley Park Overton Overton Lodge party pass perceive philosophy Portrait Post 8vo present principle produced quoit reader readily remember replied Mr Seymour replied the vicar rotatory motion round Second Edition sound sport St Swithin stone striking string struck suppose surface Thaumatrope Third Edition tion tube Twaddleton velocity vibrations Virgil Vols weight wind Woodcuts word
Pasajes populares
Página 197 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Página 217 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils...
Página 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Página 325 - Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind.
Página 5 - BRAY'S (MRS.) Life of Thomas Stothard, RA With Personal Reminiscences. Illustrated with Portrait and 60 Woodcuts of his chief works. 4to. BREWSTER'S (SiR DAVID) Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.
Página 325 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Página 6 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Página 315 - Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it...
Página 21 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Página 197 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...