The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].C. Knight, 1845 |
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... upon the removal of the air , because Nature abhors a vacuum ; and thus the mat- ter rested , as we have said , for nearly twenty centuries . the alleged abhorrence of Nature for a vacuum never having 14 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... upon the removal of the air , because Nature abhors a vacuum ; and thus the mat- ter rested , as we have said , for nearly twenty centuries . the alleged abhorrence of Nature for a vacuum never having 14 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... never was questioned by anybody . Let us not , how- ever , deride with too much levity these errors and follies of the old interpreters of Nature . We ourselves are only yet casting off the yoke of that ignorance , in the guise of ...
... never was questioned by anybody . Let us not , how- ever , deride with too much levity these errors and follies of the old interpreters of Nature . We ourselves are only yet casting off the yoke of that ignorance , in the guise of ...
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... never been able to accomplish the high enterprise which he had so early planned , he declares that the deeper he had carried his reflections and inquiries , he had only become the more convinced of its practicability . Such allurement ...
... never been able to accomplish the high enterprise which he had so early planned , he declares that the deeper he had carried his reflections and inquiries , he had only become the more convinced of its practicability . Such allurement ...
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... never even assumed the name of Scaliger till he was pretty far ad- vanced in life , having borne it only in conjunction with his own in his forty - fourth year , when he obtained letters of naturalization in France , which are still ...
... never even assumed the name of Scaliger till he was pretty far ad- vanced in life , having borne it only in conjunction with his own in his forty - fourth year , when he obtained letters of naturalization in France , which are still ...
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... acquirements of any lofty order . Such a pursuit will never be entered upon , or at least very far proceeded in , by any one , except him who loves know- ledge entirely or chiefly for her own sake . It 52 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... acquirements of any lofty order . Such a pursuit will never be entered upon , or at least very far proceeded in , by any one , except him who loves know- ledge entirely or chiefly for her own sake . It 52 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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Página 25 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 38 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 39 - This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content though blind, had I no better guide.
Página 116 - The collection of Songs was my vade mecum. I pored over them, driving my cart, or walking to labour, song by song, verse by verse ; carefully noting the true tender, or sublime, from affectation and fustian. I am convinced I owe to this practice much of my critic craft, such as it is.
Página 79 - 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...
Página 38 - 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 everduring 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.
Página 211 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Página 212 - New Experiments Physico-mechanical, touching the spring of the air, and its effects ; (made for the most part in a new pneumatical engine) written .... by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq* experiment xxxvi.
Página 209 - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character * among us for learning and ingenuity.
Página 10 - Elegy on Aquila Rose, before mentioned, an ingenious young man, of excellent character, much respected in the town, clerk of the Assembly, and a pretty poet.