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... says one of the speakers in the dialogue , " that they who in proof of any assertion rely simply on the weight of authority , without adducing any ar- gument in support of it , act very absurdly : I , on the contrary , wish to be ...
... says one of the speakers in the dialogue , " that they who in proof of any assertion rely simply on the weight of authority , without adducing any ar- gument in support of it , act very absurdly : I , on the contrary , wish to be ...
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... say that they took this opinion out of ignorance , vanity , or to show the acute- ness of their wits . On the contrary , of as many of the Peripatetics and Ptole- means as I have asked , ( and out of cu- riosity I have talked with many ...
... say that they took this opinion out of ignorance , vanity , or to show the acute- ness of their wits . On the contrary , of as many of the Peripatetics and Ptole- means as I have asked , ( and out of cu- riosity I have talked with many ...
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... says expressly that Aristarchus of Samos , who lived about 300 B. C. , taught the immobility of the sun and stars ... say that the earth is situated in the middle point of the universe : those who are called Pythagoreans , who live in ...
... says expressly that Aristarchus of Samos , who lived about 300 B. C. , taught the immobility of the sun and stars ... say that the earth is situated in the middle point of the universe : those who are called Pythagoreans , who live in ...
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... says , acknowledging the receipt of Kep- ler's Mysterium Cosmographicum , " I have as yet read nothing beyond the ... say in 1594 , he experienced Kepleri Epistolæ . + Vita Italorum Illustrium , the first attack of a disease which ...
... says , acknowledging the receipt of Kep- ler's Mysterium Cosmographicum , " I have as yet read nothing beyond the ... say in 1594 , he experienced Kepleri Epistolæ . + Vita Italorum Illustrium , the first attack of a disease which ...
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... says , " I extremely praise , admire , and envy this author ; I think him , moreover , worthy of the greatest praise ... say , having now laboured during twenty years , and those the best of my life , in dealing out , as one may say , in ...
... says , " I extremely praise , admire , and envy this author ; I think him , moreover , worthy of the greatest praise ... say , having now laboured during twenty years , and those the best of my life , in dealing out , as one may say , in ...
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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.