Memoirs of the Life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S.: Late President of the American Philosophical Society, &c. Interspersed with Various Notices of Many Distinguished Men: with an Appendix, Containing Sundry Philosophical and Other Papers, Most of which Have Not Hitherto Been PublishedE. Parker, 1818 - 614 páginas |
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... give to their projectors a short - lived repu- tation : But the celebrity which is coveted by the man of a noble and generous spirit , —that estimable spe- cies of fame , which alone can survive such ephemera of error as are often ...
... give to their projectors a short - lived repu- tation : But the celebrity which is coveted by the man of a noble and generous spirit , —that estimable spe- cies of fame , which alone can survive such ephemera of error as are often ...
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... give weight to what he has himself advanced ; so far , at Icast , as there may appear to be some coincidence of sentiment on the subject . " The plain argument for the existence of the Deity , obvious to all and carrying irresistable ...
... give weight to what he has himself advanced ; so far , at Icast , as there may appear to be some coincidence of sentiment on the subject . " The plain argument for the existence of the Deity , obvious to all and carrying irresistable ...
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... gives a whimsical account of the first forma- tion of man , out of this earth , which is represented as being then new ; and , having been recently separated from the high æther , is therefore supposed as yet holding some affinity with ...
... gives a whimsical account of the first forma- tion of man , out of this earth , which is represented as being then new ; and , having been recently separated from the high æther , is therefore supposed as yet holding some affinity with ...
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... Give me the way of wand'ring stars to know : The depths of heav'n above , and earth below . Teach me the various labours of the moon , And whence proceed th ' eclipses of the sun . Why flowing tides prevail upon the main , And in what ...
... Give me the way of wand'ring stars to know : The depths of heav'n above , and earth below . Teach me the various labours of the moon , And whence proceed th ' eclipses of the sun . Why flowing tides prevail upon the main , And in what ...
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... of nature have been made manifest by the labours and discoveries of the immortal NEWTON , the science of astronomy has made astonishing advances towards perfection . stars the Bear , to which we give that name 1xx INTRODUCTION .
... of nature have been made manifest by the labours and discoveries of the immortal NEWTON , the science of astronomy has made astonishing advances towards perfection . stars the Bear , to which we give that name 1xx INTRODUCTION .
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Página lx - Amid the radiant orbs, That more than deck — that animate — the sky, The life-infusing suns of other worlds ; Lo ! from the dread immensity of space Returning, with accelerated course, The rushing comet to the Sun descends ; And as he sinks below the shading earth, With awful train projected o'er the heavens, 1710 The guilty nations tremble.
Página lv - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Página 417 - The general assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have caused this statue to be erected as a monument of affection and gratitude to George Washington, who uniting to the endowments of the Hero the virtues of the Patriot, and exerting both in establishing the liberties of his country, has rendered his name dear to his fellow citizens and given the world an immortal example of true glory.
Página 287 - Pennsylvania, be ratified and finally confirmed, to wit: "that the line commonly called Mason's and Dixon's line, be extended due west five degrees of longitude, to be computed from the river Delaware for the southern boundary of Pennsylvania; and that a meridian drawn from the western extremity thereof, to the northern limits of the said States respectively, be the western boundary of Pennsylvania forever...
Página 511 - Let others creep by timid steps, and slow, On plain Experience lay foundations low, By common sense to common knowledge bred, And last, to Nature's Cause through Nature led. All-seeing in thy mists, we want no guide, Mother of Arrogance, and Source of Pride! We nobly take the high Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God...
Página 428 - As an artist he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as the world has ever produced. He has not indeed made a world; but he has by imitation approached nearer its Maker than any man who has lived from the creation to this day.
Página 345 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página lii - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd : Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest: Whether with particles of heav'nly fire The God of Nature did his soul inspire, Or Earth, but new divided from the sky, And, pliant, still retain'd th' aetherial energy : Which wise Prometheus temper'd into paste, And, mixt with living streams, the godlike image cast.
Página 305 - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.