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... attempted to establish that the forces which retain the planets in their orbs were identical , as to their nature , with that which draws a stone , when let fall , to the surface of the earth , Newton showed that the law of the inverse ...
... attempted to establish that the forces which retain the planets in their orbs were identical , as to their nature , with that which draws a stone , when let fall , to the surface of the earth , Newton showed that the law of the inverse ...
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... attempted the representation of sounds by writing must have taught himself his alphabet . This is the first ... attempt had Zone in the hands of Cavallo , at London , about the same time , in the year 1782. Long before this the ...
... attempted the representation of sounds by writing must have taught himself his alphabet . This is the first ... attempt had Zone in the hands of Cavallo , at London , about the same time , in the year 1782. Long before this the ...
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... attempting to maintain the practicability of this notion , it is impossible to deny that it evidenced great subtilty and originality of mind in the young metaphysician : and we can well con- ceive the delight with which such a ...
... attempting to maintain the practicability of this notion , it is impossible to deny that it evidenced great subtilty and originality of mind in the young metaphysician : and we can well con- ceive the delight with which such a ...
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... attempts to establish a theory of crystallized bodies ; and various principles had been succes- sively adopted and rejected as the foundations of a scientific arrangement of them . At length Haüy had his attention directed to the ...
... attempts to establish a theory of crystallized bodies ; and various principles had been succes- sively adopted and rejected as the foundations of a scientific arrangement of them . At length Haüy had his attention directed to the ...
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... attempt to conceal their real extraction from the world , by the most unfounded and sometimes ridiculous fictions . BANDINELLI , the Italian sculptor , was the son of a goldsmith , and the grandson of a common coalman ; but having in ...
... attempt to conceal their real extraction from the world , by the most unfounded and sometimes ridiculous fictions . BANDINELLI , the Italian sculptor , was the son of a goldsmith , and the grandson of a common coalman ; but having in ...
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Página 56 - That what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews of old did for their country, I in my proportion with this over and above of being a Christian, might do for mine : not caring to be once named abroad, though perhaps I could attain to that, but content with these British Islands as my world...
Página 200 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
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Página 148 - I took some of the tales and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.
Página 260 - ... who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.