The History of the Works of the Learned ..., المجلد 9J. Robinson, 1741 Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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... Rome , which was by no means a dark and ignorant Age . In Con- firmation of this , there is ftill to be feen at Rome a very ancient Infcription , or rather an Epitaph of a young Lover , who , willing to fhew his Dexterity in managing a ...
... Rome , which was by no means a dark and ignorant Age . In Con- firmation of this , there is ftill to be feen at Rome a very ancient Infcription , or rather an Epitaph of a young Lover , who , willing to fhew his Dexterity in managing a ...
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... Rome . vention may , I conceive , be car- er . ' Tis certain that Strabo , who the Empire of Tiberius , fpeaks of a jet d'eau in Armenia ; and Vi- n a particular Description of these enth Book . But what clears up the Difpute , and ...
... Rome . vention may , I conceive , be car- er . ' Tis certain that Strabo , who the Empire of Tiberius , fpeaks of a jet d'eau in Armenia ; and Vi- n a particular Description of these enth Book . But what clears up the Difpute , and ...
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... Rome , at a time " when Novelties began to be much relished . He 66 gave out , that all his Predeceffors in this Art were no better than Manflayers . He deftroyed " all the Foundations of ancient Phyfick , that he " might raise in its ...
... Rome , at a time " when Novelties began to be much relished . He 66 gave out , that all his Predeceffors in this Art were no better than Manflayers . He deftroyed " all the Foundations of ancient Phyfick , that he " might raise in its ...
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... Rome but what was very fond of him , ( as he himself was a Witnefs of while he was in that City ) and the Pope alfo gave him an Apart- ment in his Palace , and , it is fuppofed , often con- verfed with him . It would take up too much ...
... Rome but what was very fond of him , ( as he himself was a Witnefs of while he was in that City ) and the Pope alfo gave him an Apart- ment in his Palace , and , it is fuppofed , often con- verfed with him . It would take up too much ...
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... Rome he found the eminent Orators there were , Cotta and whofe Glory inflamed him with an Em their Virtues . After about a Year fpent ing Caufes at the Bar , he obtained , by mous Suffrages , the Quæftorship , as foon capable of it by ...
... Rome he found the eminent Orators there were , Cotta and whofe Glory inflamed him with an Em their Virtues . After about a Year fpent ing Caufes at the Bar , he obtained , by mous Suffrages , the Quæftorship , as foon capable of it by ...
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الصفحة 373 - Penniston, and there laid the foundation of that knowledge of the Greek and Roman languages, which he afterwards improved so far, by his own application to the classic authors, as to hear the works of Euclid, Archimedes, and Diophantus, read in their original Greek.
الصفحة 378 - He could judge of the size of a room, into which he was introduced, of the distance he was from the wall ; and if ever he had walked over a pavement in courts, piazzas, &c. which reflected a sound, and was afterwards conducted thither again, he could exactly tell whereabouts in the walk he was placed, merely. by the note it sounded.
الصفحة 153 - Scaevolas; all which accomplishments were but ministerial and subservient to that on which his hopes and ambition were singly placed, the reputation of an orator: To qualify himself therefore particularly for this, he attended the pleadings of all the speakers of his time ; heard the daily lectures of the most eminent orators of Greece, and was perpetually composing somewhat at home, and declaiming under their correction : and that he might neglect nothing which could help in any degree to improve...
الصفحة 376 - But, if we consider that the ideas of extended quantity, which are the chief objects of mathematics, may as well be acquired from the sense of feeling, as that of sight ; that a fixed and steady attention is the principal qualification for this study ; and that the blind are by necessity more abstracted than others, for which reason...
الصفحة 373 - Here it was that his genius first appeared: for he very soon became able to work the common questions, to make long calculations by the strength of his memory, and to form new rules to himself for the more ready solving of such" problems as are often proposed to learners, as trials of skill.
الصفحة 377 - ... who could see it. He could tell when any thing was held near his face, or when he passed by a tree at no great distance, provided the air was calm, and...
الصفحة 404 - ... and received all that came to him ; preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
الصفحة 269 - And health and vigor are at once restor'd. lapis first perceiv'd the closing wound, And first the footsteps of a god he found. "Arms! arms!
الصفحة 97 - London, and a great convenience to the merchant^ who wanted such a place to meet and transact their affairs in, but likewise contributed very much to the promotion of trade, both by the number of shops erected there, and the much greater number of the poor, who were employed in working for them. And the donation of his own mansionhouse for a seat of learning and the liberal arts, with...
الصفحة 382 - This flatters his lazinefs, it flatters my judgment, who always thought that (univerfal as his talents are) this is eminently and peculiarly his, above all the writers I know living or dead : I do not except Horace.