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... shall be able , as I pass along , to give instances enough to satisfie the curiosity of all sober Inquirers into Truth . And in short , if for no other end , yet certainly for this , A Relation of their First Original ought to be expos ...
... shall be able , as I pass along , to give instances enough to satisfie the curiosity of all sober Inquirers into Truth . And in short , if for no other end , yet certainly for this , A Relation of their First Original ought to be expos ...
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... shall consist of the Narrative it self : and out of their Registers , and Journals , which I have been permitted to peruse , shall relate the first Occasions of their Meetings , the Incouragement , and Patronage , which they have receiv ...
... shall consist of the Narrative it self : and out of their Registers , and Journals , which I have been permitted to peruse , shall relate the first Occasions of their Meetings , the Incouragement , and Patronage , which they have receiv ...
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... shall justly affirm , to the honor of that sacred profession , that all knowledge has been more search'd into , and promoted by them , then by any other order of men , even from the Egyptians times , ( whose Priests in good part ...
... shall justly affirm , to the honor of that sacred profession , that all knowledge has been more search'd into , and promoted by them , then by any other order of men , even from the Egyptians times , ( whose Priests in good part ...
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... shall now come , to weigh that too . For it may easily be prov'd , that those very Theories , on which they built all their subtle webs , were not at all Collected , by a sufficient information from the things themselves . Which if it ...
... shall now come , to weigh that too . For it may easily be prov'd , that those very Theories , on which they built all their subtle webs , were not at all Collected , by a sufficient information from the things themselves . Which if it ...
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... being able to discover the secrets of Nature , that they had scarce opportunity , to behold enough of its common works ? If any shall be inclinable to fol- C 2 low low the directions of such men in Natural things , ROTAL SOCIETT 19.
... being able to discover the secrets of Nature , that they had scarce opportunity , to behold enough of its common works ? If any shall be inclinable to fol- C 2 low low the directions of such men in Natural things , ROTAL SOCIETT 19.
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Page 111 - They have exacted from all their members, a close, naked, natural way of speaking; positive expressions; clear senses; a native easiness: bringing all things as near the Mathematical plainness, as they can: and preferring the language of Artizans, Countrymen, and Merchants, before that, of Wits, or Scholars.
Page 35 - I shall only mention one great Man, who had the true Imagination of the whole extent of this Enterprise, as it is now set on foot; and that is, the Lord Bacon.
Page 306 - ... they commonly let them continue there six weeks or two months, in which time they will be of a dark green.
Page 58 - This custom was observed once, if not twice, a week in term time, till they were scattered by the miserable distractions of that fatal year, till the continuance of their meetings there might have made them run the hazard of the fate of Archimedes: for then the place of their meeting was made a quarter for soldiers.
Page 41 - I shall not stick to say, that such a project is now seasonable to be set on foot, and may make a great Reformation in the manner of our Speaking, and Writing.
Page 42 - I dare pronounce, that our Speech would quickly arrive at as much plenty, as it is capable to receive; and at the greatest smoothness, which its derivation from the rough German will allow it.
Page 58 - Philosophy had its share, in the benefits of that glorious Action : for the Royal Society had its beginning in the wonderful pacifick year 1660.