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... means used to com- pel his return , & c . 22 22-25 Sketch of one of the compartments of a painting in fresco • • Michael Angelo undertakes the office of military architect for the defence of Flo- rence , his native city 26 27 The four ...
... means used to com- pel his return , & c . 22 22-25 Sketch of one of the compartments of a painting in fresco • • Michael Angelo undertakes the office of military architect for the defence of Flo- rence , his native city 26 27 The four ...
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... means the first who had ventured to call in question the au- thority of Aristotle in matters of science , although he was undoubtedly the first whose opinions and writings produced a very marked and general effect . Nizzoli , a ...
... means the first who had ventured to call in question the au- thority of Aristotle in matters of science , although he was undoubtedly the first whose opinions and writings produced a very marked and general effect . Nizzoli , a ...
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... means as I have asked , ( and out of cu- riosity I have talked with many , ) what pains they had 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 ...
... means as I have asked , ( and out of cu- riosity I have talked with many , ) what pains they had 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 ...
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... will towards him who felt no scruples in exposing their wilful folly ; and the watchful ma- lice of these men soon found the means of making Galileo desirous of quitting his situation at Pisa . Don Giovanni de ' Medici GALILEO . 9.
... will towards him who felt no scruples in exposing their wilful folly ; and the watchful ma- lice of these men soon found the means of making Galileo desirous of quitting his situation at Pisa . Don Giovanni de ' Medici GALILEO . 9.
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... means be accredited than by the mouth of the Holy Spirit . not hold it necessary to believe , that the But I do same God who has endowed us with senses , with speech , and intellect , in- tended that we should neglect the use of these ...
... means be accredited than by the mouth of the Holy Spirit . not hold it necessary to believe , that the But I do same God who has endowed us with senses , with speech , and intellect , in- tended that we should neglect the use of these ...
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