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 sider |
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Side vi
... death and burial in 1642 103 Dispersion of his books and manuscripts 104 Notices of various biographies of Ga- lileo 58 59-61 62 , 63 List of his Works Account of the persecution of a Bavarian 104 , 105 106 1 • Kepler gains a livelihood ...
... death and burial in 1642 103 Dispersion of his books and manuscripts 104 Notices of various biographies of Ga- lileo 58 59-61 62 , 63 List of his Works Account of the persecution of a Bavarian 104 , 105 106 1 • Kepler gains a livelihood ...
Side viii
... death in 1727 , at the Page 36 37 • • 37 , 38 age • 38 his 39 , 40 of 85 List of the different editions of Works State of the religion and government of the Arabians , at the time of Mahomet's appearance among them Geographical and ...
... death in 1727 , at the Page 36 37 • • 37 , 38 age • 38 his 39 , 40 of 85 List of the different editions of Works State of the religion and government of the Arabians , at the time of Mahomet's appearance among them Geographical and ...
Side x
... death in 1634 Personal , judicial , and political character of Coke 21 21-23 Critical examination of his works His digressions and useless quotations . censured • Page 23-30 24 , 25 25-27 Examples of his constant parade of scho- lastic ...
... death in 1634 Personal , judicial , and political character of Coke 21 21-23 Critical examination of his works His digressions and useless quotations . censured • Page 23-30 24 , 25 25-27 Examples of his constant parade of scho- lastic ...
Side xi
... Death of Caxton in 1490-1 28 Sketch of his character 23-30 Notices of British printers who were his contemporaries 30-32 Birth and parentage of Blake ( 1599 ) His education at Oxford , and disappoint- ment of a fellowship He acquires ...
... Death of Caxton in 1490-1 28 Sketch of his character 23-30 Notices of British printers who were his contemporaries 30-32 Birth and parentage of Blake ( 1599 ) His education at Oxford , and disappoint- ment of a fellowship He acquires ...
Side xii
... death when returning to England in 1657 , and splendour of his funeral Treatment of his remains at the Restoration ib . His general character 23-24 1 2 3 · 4 Passed 7 years at Oxford Cause of his objections to that university in after ...
... death when returning to England in 1657 , and splendour of his funeral Treatment of his remains at the Restoration ib . His general character 23-24 1 2 3 · 4 Passed 7 years at Oxford Cause of his objections to that university in after ...
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Lives of Eminent Persons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1833 |
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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*.
Side 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.
Side 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
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...