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... body , carried up from the earth to the elevation of the Moon and left to fall back , would descend in the same time : the attraction of the Earth being supposed to vary inversely as the square of the distance . Show from the following ...
... body , carried up from the earth to the elevation of the Moon and left to fall back , would descend in the same time : the attraction of the Earth being supposed to vary inversely as the square of the distance . Show from the following ...
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... body of man . There are also , he says , four sorts of causes working in nature , the physical , the efficient , the formal , and the final , and he summarily defines physic as that science , which treats of the two for- mer causes ...
... body of man . There are also , he says , four sorts of causes working in nature , the physical , the efficient , the formal , and the final , and he summarily defines physic as that science , which treats of the two for- mer causes ...
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... body of the people ; - might consider him in his humbler duties of the social and domestic circle . We might consider him as the great general of the state , fighting its fierce and bloody battles for its honour and prosperity , or ...
... body of the people ; - might consider him in his humbler duties of the social and domestic circle . We might consider him as the great general of the state , fighting its fierce and bloody battles for its honour and prosperity , or ...
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... bodies , which have occurred millions of ages ago , and which are to occur millions of ages hence , than he has made observations upon them . In the same manner the political philosopher can no predict the effects of certain ...
... bodies , which have occurred millions of ages ago , and which are to occur millions of ages hence , than he has made observations upon them . In the same manner the political philosopher can no predict the effects of certain ...
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... body , as a primary object of desire ; and they also gave many other instances of similar things . Again Epi- curus supposed that virtue was not desirable for its own sake , but that it was eligible for the ease and tranquillity of mind ...
... body , as a primary object of desire ; and they also gave many other instances of similar things . Again Epi- curus supposed that virtue was not desirable for its own sake , but that it was eligible for the ease and tranquillity of mind ...
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Page 3 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 1 - O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong...
Page 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
Page 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.