The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... hundred oxen , ) to the gods , in testimony of his gratitude and exultation . When ARCHIMEDES , the most cele- brated geometer of antiquity , discovered the method of ascertaining the specific gravities of different substances , or the ...
... hundred oxen , ) to the gods , in testimony of his gratitude and exultation . When ARCHIMEDES , the most cele- brated geometer of antiquity , discovered the method of ascertaining the specific gravities of different substances , or the ...
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... hundred crowns , ( about £ 17 sterling , * ) a sum which , even in that cheap country , was scarcely sufficient to keep him from perishing of hunger . However , with his industrious habits , he found time , besides performing the duties ...
... hundred crowns , ( about £ 17 sterling , * ) a sum which , even in that cheap country , was scarcely sufficient to keep him from perishing of hunger . However , with his industrious habits , he found time , besides performing the duties ...
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... hundred and fifty miles from his na- tive village , he remained there for two years , in the ser- vice of a farmer , who gave him his flocks to keep . Chancing then to make his appearance at the hut of a hermit , the recluse was so much ...
... hundred and fifty miles from his na- tive village , he remained there for two years , in the ser- vice of a farmer , who gave him his flocks to keep . Chancing then to make his appearance at the hut of a hermit , the recluse was so much ...
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... hundred crowns , which was all they would allow , in copper . Correggio was carrying home this money to his family , who were living in great poverty in a neighboring village , when , overcome by the heat of the weather and the weight ...
... hundred crowns , which was all they would allow , in copper . Correggio was carrying home this money to his family , who were living in great poverty in a neighboring village , when , overcome by the heat of the weather and the weight ...
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... hundred and two , she must have been at the time of this her second marriage about three times as old as her husband . Indeed , as we have already observed , she had ( besides a daughter ) a son by her former husband two years older ...
... hundred and two , she must have been at the time of this her second marriage about three times as old as her husband . Indeed , as we have already observed , she had ( besides a daughter ) a son by her former husband two years older ...
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