The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].Knight, 1831 - 427 pages |
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... crowned heads . Accordingly we find al- * The same who afterwards became Pope , under the title of Adrian VI . - See vol . i . , p . 269 . 66 most all our sovereigns of that age proficients in 18 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... crowned heads . Accordingly we find al- * The same who afterwards became Pope , under the title of Adrian VI . - See vol . i . , p . 269 . 66 most all our sovereigns of that age proficients in 18 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... afterwards purchased for the sum of thirty thousand florins . Peter , indeed , neglected no opportunity , during his travels , of forming the ac- quaintance of distinguished individuals ; and both in Holland and England many of the ...
... afterwards purchased for the sum of thirty thousand florins . Peter , indeed , neglected no opportunity , during his travels , of forming the ac- quaintance of distinguished individuals ; and both in Holland and England many of the ...
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... afterwards found in possession . He taught them navigation , commerce , and even agri- culture and the management of flocks , having im- ported from Saxony and Silesia both herds of sheep and shepherds to take care of them . He called ...
... afterwards found in possession . He taught them navigation , commerce , and even agri- culture and the management of flocks , having im- ported from Saxony and Silesia both herds of sheep and shepherds to take care of them . He called ...
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... afterwards much devoted . Even while at Amsterdam , many of his hours were spent in the working - rooms of the eminent artists who then re- sided in that city , some of whom he engaged to ac- company him to Russia . He afterwards ...
... afterwards much devoted . Even while at Amsterdam , many of his hours were spent in the working - rooms of the eminent artists who then re- sided in that city , some of whom he engaged to ac- company him to Russia . He afterwards ...
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... afterwards took great pleasure in shewing . One of the bars he forged on this occasion is still to be seen at Istia . He was also accustomed , according to Voltaire * , to take his place sometimes among the men employed in cutting ...
... afterwards took great pleasure in shewing . One of the bars he forged on this occasion is still to be seen at Istia . He was also accustomed , according to Voltaire * , to take his place sometimes among the men employed in cutting ...
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Page 81 - New Experiments Physico-mechanical, touching the spring of the air, and its effects ; (made for the most part in a new pneumatical engine) written .... by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq* experiment xxxvi.
Page 171 - ... nothing can be so unworthy of a well-composed soul as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations, in snarling and scuffling with every one about us. Again and again, my dear Barry, we must be at peace with our species, if not for their sakes, yet very much for our own.
Page 385 - Before I had learnt from the note the name and business of my visitor, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
Page 347 - Now you will not assert, gentlemen, said I, that it is more difficult to construct a machine that shall weave than one which shall make all the variety of moves which are required in that complicated game.
Page 158 - I mention it only, as it shows the solicitude and extreme activity which he had about every thing that related to his art; that he wished to have his objects embodied as it were, and distinctly before him; that he neglected nothing which could keep his faculties in exercise, and derived hints from every sort of combination.
Page 321 - The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax, before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Page 158 - If, in his walks, he found a character that he liked, and whose attendance was to be obtained, he ordered him to his house : and from the fields he brought into his painting-room, stumps of trees, weeds, and animals of various kinds ; and designed them, not from memory, but immediately from the objects. He even framed a kind of model of landscapes on his table ; composed of broken stones, dried herbs, and pieces of looking-glass, which he magnified and improved into rocks, trees, and water. How far...
Page 29 - There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The Czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day. Very often in the King's yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The King is expected there this day ; the best parlour is pretty clean for him to be entertained in ; the King pays for all he has.
Page 356 - Edwards's early life, as well as for the materials of the sequel of our sketch, says, that it was while building this mill that the self-taught architect became acquainted with the principle of the arch. After this achievement, Edwards was accounted the best workman in that part of the country ; and being highly esteemed for his integrity and fidelity to his engagements, as well as for his skill, he had as much employment in his line of a common builder, as he could undertake. In his twenty-seventh...