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... able to quote chapter and verse in which Aristotle assures them that such is the fact . A temper of mind like this could not fail to produce ill will towards him who felt no scruples in exposing their wilful folly ; and the watchful ma ...
... able to quote chapter and verse in which Aristotle assures them that such is the fact . A temper of mind like this could not fail to produce ill will towards him who felt no scruples in exposing their wilful folly ; and the watchful ma ...
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... able phenomenon in the constellation Cassiopeia was mainly instrumental in detaching the celebrated Tycho Brahe from the chemical studies , which till then divided his attention with astro- nomy . Tycho's star disappeared at the ...
... able phenomenon in the constellation Cassiopeia was mainly instrumental in detaching the celebrated Tycho Brahe from the chemical studies , which till then divided his attention with astro- nomy . Tycho's star disappeared at the ...
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... able to meet with the Italian translation of Porta's Na- tural Magic , which was published in 1611 , under his own superintendence ; but the English translator of 1658 would probably have known if any intelligible interpretation were ...
... able to meet with the Italian translation of Porta's Na- tural Magic , which was published in 1611 , under his own superintendence ; but the English translator of 1658 would probably have known if any intelligible interpretation were ...
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... able , and sundry times hath by proportionall glasses , duely situate in convenient angles , not only discouered things farre off , read letters , numbered peeces of money , with the verye coyne and super- scription thereof , cast by ...
... able , and sundry times hath by proportionall glasses , duely situate in convenient angles , not only discouered things farre off , read letters , numbered peeces of money , with the verye coyne and super- scription thereof , cast by ...
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... able . Galileo was also urged by the astro- logers to attribute some influence , ac- cording to their fantastic notions , to the satellites , and the account which he gives his friend Dini of his answer to one of this class is well ...
... able . Galileo was also urged by the astro- logers to attribute some influence , ac- cording to their fantastic notions , to the satellites , and the account which he gives his friend Dini of his answer to one of this class is well ...
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Page 20 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 14 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter ; when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 35 - 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.
Page 33 - ... 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.
Page 23 - 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
Page 11 - 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.
Page 39 - 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.
Page 22 - ... to demonstrate, that the most effectual plan for advancing a people to greatness, is to maintain that order of things which nature has pointed out, by allowing every man, as long as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and his capital into the freest competition with those of his fellow-citizens.
Page 6 - 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.
Page 1 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.