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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... Nature Dr. Smith's subsequent character of Hume as an author Dr. Smith accompanies the Duke of Buc- cleugh , in his ... Natural talents and attainments appre- ciated 1 His birth and parentage ( 1733 ) Political character of the German ...
... Nature Dr. Smith's subsequent character of Hume as an author Dr. Smith accompanies the Duke of Buc- cleugh , in his ... Natural talents and attainments appre- ciated 1 His birth and parentage ( 1733 ) Political character of the German ...
Side 1
... nature to the torture , as Bacon calls it , has occasioned the principal part of modern philosophical discoveries . The experimentalist may so order his exami- nation of nature as to vary at pleasure the circumstances in which it is ...
... nature to the torture , as Bacon calls it , has occasioned the principal part of modern philosophical discoveries . The experimentalist may so order his exami- nation of nature as to vary at pleasure the circumstances in which it is ...
Side 3
... nature , deducing the causes of things from such originals in nature as we observe are producible by art , and the infallible demonstration of mechanics and certainly this is the way , and no other , to build a true and permanent ...
... nature , deducing the causes of things from such originals in nature as we observe are producible by art , and the infallible demonstration of mechanics and certainly this is the way , and no other , to build a true and permanent ...
Side 4
... natural history . He finally settled in the service of the Elector of Bavaria ; in what situation is not known , but ... nature with which he employed himself in their service and for their amusement . It is worthy of observation , that ...
... natural history . He finally settled in the service of the Elector of Bavaria ; in what situation is not known , but ... nature with which he employed himself in their service and for their amusement . It is worthy of observation , that ...
Side 6
... nature of his pursuits Vincenzo yielded to the irresistible predilection of his son's mind , and no longer attempted to turn him from the speculations to which his whole existence was thenceforward abandoned . After mastering the ...
... nature of his pursuits Vincenzo yielded to the irresistible predilection of his son's mind , and no longer attempted to turn him from the speculations to which his whole existence was thenceforward abandoned . After mastering the ...
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Lives of Eminent Persons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1833 |
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...