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Pagina 2
... perhaps increase in lumi- noufnefs , fo as to equal a ftar of the 6th magnitude . I have lit- tle doubt that it will be found in La Lande's Catalogue . " On the 16th of May Profeffor Bode writes to M. Von Zach , " That it gave him great ...
... perhaps increase in lumi- noufnefs , fo as to equal a ftar of the 6th magnitude . I have lit- tle doubt that it will be found in La Lande's Catalogue . " On the 16th of May Profeffor Bode writes to M. Von Zach , " That it gave him great ...
Pagina 5
... perhaps only accident , will decide . It is , likewife , poffible , that , as it happened with refpect to Urannus , there will be no general agreement among aftronomers . In Italy it will , perhaps , retain the name of Ferdinandeum ...
... perhaps only accident , will decide . It is , likewife , poffible , that , as it happened with refpect to Urannus , there will be no general agreement among aftronomers . In Italy it will , perhaps , retain the name of Ferdinandeum ...
Pagina 24
... perhaps two . Though approximations only are here given , this does not prevent their being ufeful to farmers , if they only pay attention to circumftances . Befides , various ex- ceptions must be made for different parts of the earth ...
... perhaps two . Though approximations only are here given , this does not prevent their being ufeful to farmers , if they only pay attention to circumftances . Befides , various ex- ceptions must be made for different parts of the earth ...
Pagina 25
... perhaps you may derive fome advan- tage from it in cafe of an accidental feparation from your bal-- loon , when in the air . It is to make a parachute , by means of which you may come down from any height without danger or inconvenience ...
... perhaps you may derive fome advan- tage from it in cafe of an accidental feparation from your bal-- loon , when in the air . It is to make a parachute , by means of which you may come down from any height without danger or inconvenience ...
Pagina 29
... perhaps it would be poffible to naturalize it in Corfica and in our fouthern departments ; it grows under the fame latitude as the paper mulberry tree ( murier à paper ) which refifts the rigour of our winter . T HE misletoe is well ...
... perhaps it would be poffible to naturalize it in Corfica and in our fouthern departments ; it grows under the fame latitude as the paper mulberry tree ( murier à paper ) which refifts the rigour of our winter . T HE misletoe is well ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 54 - WHEN I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity ; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.
Pagina 51 - Read Don Quixote ; it is a very '* good book — I read it ftill.
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Pagina 49 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him; together with a lively briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.
Pagina 108 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Pagina 64 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Pagina 92 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
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Pagina 182 - ... fore againft my heart, unto poor babes in tearing from them the half-eaten apples, which they privily munched at church. But verily it pitied me, for I remembered the days of my youth. Thirdly, with the fweat of my own hands...