A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century: Part First; in Two Volumes: Containing a Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature During that Period, Band 1T. and J. Swords, 1803 - 510 Seiten |
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... doctrine of gravitation was not un- " known to Lucretius ; for that poet , in his first " book , attempts to refute the idea that the uni- " verse had a centre , to which all things tend by " their natural gravity . That the central ...
... doctrine of gravitation was not un- " known to Lucretius ; for that poet , in his first " book , attempts to refute the idea that the uni- " verse had a centre , to which all things tend by " their natural gravity . That the central ...
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... doctrines , there were few who ventured to de- clare war against the leading principles of his sys- tem . This however was done by some , respecta- ble both for their learning and talents . Among these , perhaps none are more worthy of ...
... doctrines , there were few who ventured to de- clare war against the leading principles of his sys- tem . This however was done by some , respecta- ble both for their learning and talents . Among these , perhaps none are more worthy of ...
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... doctrine of gravi- tation as impious and absurd ; and in 1727 , the second part , in which he delivered what he sup- posed to be the true principles of scripture philo- sophy . This singular philosopher taught , that the sacred writings ...
... doctrine of gravi- tation as impious and absurd ; and in 1727 , the second part , in which he delivered what he sup- posed to be the true principles of scripture philo- sophy . This singular philosopher taught , that the sacred writings ...
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... doctrine of Tides . NEWTON was the first who gave a satisfactory explanation of this subject . But it has been ... doctrines are utterly unworthy of a mind which had been conversant with the inquiries and the writings of the great ...
... doctrine of Tides . NEWTON was the first who gave a satisfactory explanation of this subject . But it has been ... doctrines are utterly unworthy of a mind which had been conversant with the inquiries and the writings of the great ...
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... doctrines from the nume- rous facts before them ; and whose very mistakes contributed to elucidate this obscure branch of science , which , however , is yet far from being fully understood . Very great improvements have also been made ...
... doctrines from the nume- rous facts before them ; and whose very mistakes contributed to elucidate this obscure branch of science , which , however , is yet far from being fully understood . Very great improvements have also been made ...
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Seite ix - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Seite 392 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Seite 98 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Seite 406 - The advantages of this instrument are, that its tones are incomparably sweet beyond those of any other ; that they may be swelled and softened at pleasure by stronger or weaker pressures of the finger, and continued to any length ; and that the instrument, being once well tuned, never again wants tuning.
Seite 337 - But now the Great Map of Mankind is unrolled at once; and there is no state or Gradation of barbarism, and no mode of refinement which we have not at the same instant under our View.
Seite xii - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Seite 392 - Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste — in grace — in facility — in happy invention — and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated to that description of the art, in which English artists are most engaged, a variety...
Seite 249 - The remote causes are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous system, which, diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels.
Seite 474 - For if an equal portion of each of these rays, one after another, be made to illuminate a minute object, a printed page for instance, it will not be seen distinctly at the same distance when illuminated by each. We must stand nearest the object when it is illuminated by the violet: we see distinctly at a somewhat greater distance when the object is illuminated by the indigo ray ; at a greater when vOL.
Seite 392 - ... masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them; for he communicated to that description of the art, in which English artists are the most engaged, a variety, a fancy, and a dignity derived from the higher branches, which even those who professed them in a superior manner did not always preserve when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits he appeared not to be raised upon...