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... produced the barometer . The works of Galilei were published after his death , in 2 vols . 4to ; to which is to be added a quarto volume of his letters , subsequently published at Bologna in 1674 ; and a tract on the fifth book of ...
... produced the barometer . The works of Galilei were published after his death , in 2 vols . 4to ; to which is to be added a quarto volume of his letters , subsequently published at Bologna in 1674 ; and a tract on the fifth book of ...
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... produced no separate work . - Rees's Cyclop . exertions were not the less appreciated , being GARDEN ( FRANCIS ) lord Gardenstone , a rewarded with the archdeaconries of Norwich Scottish lawyer of eminence , born in 1721 at and ...
... produced no separate work . - Rees's Cyclop . exertions were not the less appreciated , being GARDEN ( FRANCIS ) lord Gardenstone , a rewarded with the archdeaconries of Norwich Scottish lawyer of eminence , born in 1721 at and ...
Pagina 15
... produced his tragedy of " The Captives ; " and some instances of court favour encouraged him to employ himself in his well - known Fables , " written professedly for the instruction of the duke of Cumberland , and published with a ...
... produced his tragedy of " The Captives ; " and some instances of court favour encouraged him to employ himself in his well - known Fables , " written professedly for the instruction of the duke of Cumberland , and published with a ...
Pagina 15
... produced similar censures from both catholics and pro- testants . He was in the midst of a translation of the Psalms , when he yielded to the ravages of a painful disease , and expired on the 26th of February , 1802. Dr Geddes asserted ...
... produced similar censures from both catholics and pro- testants . He was in the midst of a translation of the Psalms , when he yielded to the ravages of a painful disease , and expired on the 26th of February , 1802. Dr Geddes asserted ...
Pagina 15
... produced tinued to govern the nation after his accession disturbances which recalled the king from a as before it . In 1732 Walpole introduced into visit to his German dominions , in order to parliament his financial scheme of an ...
... produced tinued to govern the nation after his accession disturbances which recalled the king from a as before it . In 1732 Walpole introduced into visit to his German dominions , in order to parliament his financial scheme of an ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 15 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Pagina 51 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Pagina 51 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Pagina 51 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Pagina 51 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 15 - Fables," written professedly for the instruction of the duke of Cumberland, and published with a dedication to that prince in 1726 ¡ but though they were popular, they failed to servo him at court. He thereupon wrote
Pagina 51 - His object in this instance was to secure a due attention to the rights of the natives ; and he showed himself equally jealous of those of the British inhabitants, by opposing an attempt to supersede the trial by jury.
Pagina 51 - He composed a general history of England, from the earliest accounts to the death of king Stephen, in 1154, in eight books, which have been published by sir Henry Savilc.
Pagina 51 - I had no sooner spoken these words but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.