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... should thereby facilitate the finding of the star . Place of the afcending node , 2s 20 ° 58 ' 30 " .- Inclination of the path , 10 ° 47 ' 0 " .- Place of the aphelium , 2s 8 ° 59 ′ 37 ′′ .- Time of the paffage through the aphelium ...
... should thereby facilitate the finding of the star . Place of the afcending node , 2s 20 ° 58 ' 30 " .- Inclination of the path , 10 ° 47 ' 0 " .- Place of the aphelium , 2s 8 ° 59 ′ 37 ′′ .- Time of the paffage through the aphelium ...
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... should be called Cupid . It being an established cuftom to name the planets after the deities of antiquity ; there is , he thinks , fufficient reafon for adopting that of Cupid , for he would be the nearest ( reckoning downwards from ...
... should be called Cupid . It being an established cuftom to name the planets after the deities of antiquity ; there is , he thinks , fufficient reafon for adopting that of Cupid , for he would be the nearest ( reckoning downwards from ...
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... should be that of discoveries . We have been furnished with twelve memora ble epochs , -A new and principal planet , eight fattellites discover- ed , the return of comets known and demonftrated , with fixty - eight new comets obferved ...
... should be that of discoveries . We have been furnished with twelve memora ble epochs , -A new and principal planet , eight fattellites discover- ed , the return of comets known and demonftrated , with fixty - eight new comets obferved ...
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... confiderably advanced , a frost should be fucceeded by a fine , warm morning . C ITIZEN DESFONTAINES has communicated to the public fome interesting 28 Obfervations on the Irritability of Vegetables . On the Irritability of Vegetables,
... confiderably advanced , a frost should be fucceeded by a fine , warm morning . C ITIZEN DESFONTAINES has communicated to the public fome interesting 28 Obfervations on the Irritability of Vegetables . On the Irritability of Vegetables,
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... should read on his pro- feffion , he replied , " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book —I read it still . ” There might be many reasons given for this advice at that time , perhaps , the art of medicine was not ap- proaching fo ...
... should read on his pro- feffion , he replied , " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book —I read it still . ” There might be many reasons given for this advice at that time , perhaps , the art of medicine was not ap- proaching fo ...
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Sida 54 - WHEN I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity ; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.
Sida 51 - Read Don Quixote ; it is a very '* good book — I read it ftill.
Sida 133 - Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Sida 49 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him; together with a lively briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.
Sida 108 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Sida 64 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Sida 92 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Sida 49 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Sida 49 - It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear...
Sida 182 - ... fore againft my heart, unto poor babes in tearing from them the half-eaten apples, which they privily munched at church. But verily it pitied me, for I remembered the days of my youth. Thirdly, with the fweat of my own hands...