The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... periods of the several planets and their distances from the sun , that , if they were really held in their courses by the power of gravity , that power must decrease in a certain proportion , according to the distance of the body upon ...
... periods of the several planets and their distances from the sun , that , if they were really held in their courses by the power of gravity , that power must decrease in a certain proportion , according to the distance of the body upon ...
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... period , the examination of the heavens became the sole object of Galileo's thoughts , * Life of Galileo , by Eiot , ' in the Biographie Universelle . and the occupation of his life . He wrote , 30 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... period , the examination of the heavens became the sole object of Galileo's thoughts , * Life of Galileo , by Eiot , ' in the Biographie Universelle . and the occupation of his life . He wrote , 30 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... period of his life furnished with the means of following the course of his inclination . He had another godfather , who was a clergyman in the neighborhood ; and this person , upon receiving the most flattering accounts of Heyne , from ...
... period of his life furnished with the means of following the course of his inclination . He had another godfather , who was a clergyman in the neighborhood ; and this person , upon receiving the most flattering accounts of Heyne , from ...
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... period was come , when , if he was to proceed in the career he had chosen , it was necessary for him to enter the university ; and he resolved to go to Leipsic . He arrived in that city , accordingly , with only two florins ( about ...
... period was come , when , if he was to proceed in the career he had chosen , it was necessary for him to enter the university ; and he resolved to go to Leipsic . He arrived in that city , accordingly , with only two florins ( about ...
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... their art , at a period of life when their habits were already formed , and a certain degree of aversion contracted for what we may call the discipline of apprenticeship in the rudiments of any HOGARTH . SHARP . CASLON . 63.
... their art , at a period of life when their habits were already formed , and a certain degree of aversion contracted for what we may call the discipline of apprenticeship in the rudiments of any HOGARTH . SHARP . CASLON . 63.
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