The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 92A. Constable, 1850 |
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... respects changed the whole aspect of the subject , and given to it that degree of importance it possesses as an auxiliary of the inductive philosophy . It may perhaps be doubted whether subsequent writers have added very materially to ...
... respects changed the whole aspect of the subject , and given to it that degree of importance it possesses as an auxiliary of the inductive philosophy . It may perhaps be doubted whether subsequent writers have added very materially to ...
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Or Critical Journal. 1850 . History of the Subject . 11 respects the great work of Laplace ( Théorie Analytique des Probabilités " ) stands deservedly preeminent ; occupying in this department of science the same rank and position which ...
Or Critical Journal. 1850 . History of the Subject . 11 respects the great work of Laplace ( Théorie Analytique des Probabilités " ) stands deservedly preeminent ; occupying in this department of science the same rank and position which ...
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... respects even more emphatically ) a tax - holder - as the proprietor of consols . To render the consequences of our actions certain and cal- culable as far as the conditions of humanity will allow , and narrow the domain of chance , as ...
... respects even more emphatically ) a tax - holder - as the proprietor of consols . To render the consequences of our actions certain and cal- culable as far as the conditions of humanity will allow , and narrow the domain of chance , as ...
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... respect of stature , weight , strength , & c . By the assemblage of data collected from the experience of others ... respects , of the typical individual , of either sex , during the period of life , which are given at large in his work ...
... respect of stature , weight , strength , & c . By the assemblage of data collected from the experience of others ... respects , of the typical individual , of either sex , during the period of life , which are given at large in his work ...
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... respects the area occupied by each star ? To place this question in a clear light , let us suppose that , neglecting ... respecting double Stars . 37 36 July , Quetelet on Probabilities .
... respects the area occupied by each star ? To place this question in a clear light , let us suppose that , neglecting ... respecting double Stars . 37 36 July , Quetelet on Probabilities .
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Página 352 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Página 276 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Página 327 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and in'tense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Página 90 - Stoop then, and wash. — How many ages hence, Shall this our lofty scene be acted over, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown ? Bru.
Página 332 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style ; which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy, let them, instead of compiling grammars and dictionaries, endeavour, with all their influence, to stop the license of translators, whose idleness and ignorance, if it be suffered to proceed, will reduce us to babble a dialect of France.
Página 347 - This is a misery much to be lamented ; for though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but, were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Página 557 - To the inmost mind, There exercise all his fierce accidents, And on her purest spirits prey, As on entrails, joints, and limbs, With answerable pains, but more intense, Though void of corporal sense.