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... present temper of the Age where- in we live . On the First and Last of these Particulars , it is not needfull that I should long insist : because se- veral Great Men have already so much prevented me about them ; that there is hardly ...
... present temper of the Age where- in we live . On the First and Last of these Particulars , it is not needfull that I should long insist : because se- veral Great Men have already so much prevented me about them ; that there is hardly ...
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... present use , they clap'd up an entire Building of Sciences : and there- fore it is not to be wonder'd , if the hasty Fabrick , which they rais'd , did not consist of the best ma- terialls . But at last with their Empire , their Arts ...
... present use , they clap'd up an entire Building of Sciences : and there- fore it is not to be wonder'd , if the hasty Fabrick , which they rais'd , did not consist of the best ma- terialls . But at last with their Empire , their Arts ...
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... present should be allow'd them : so farr are the narrow conceptions of a few private Writers , in a dark Age , from being equall to so vast a design . There are indeed some opera- tions of the mind , which may be best perform'd by the ...
... present should be allow'd them : so farr are the narrow conceptions of a few private Writers , in a dark Age , from being equall to so vast a design . There are indeed some opera- tions of the mind , which may be best perform'd by the ...
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... present discourse ) to prove , that even in Divinity itself , they are not so neceffa- ry , as they are reputed to be : and that all , or most of our Religious controversies , may be as well deci- ded , by plain reason , and by ...
... present discourse ) to prove , that even in Divinity itself , they are not so neceffa- ry , as they are reputed to be : and that all , or most of our Religious controversies , may be as well deci- ded , by plain reason , and by ...
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... present Mountains of the West - Indies . Expe- Thus I pass over this sort of reviv'd Learning . And now there comes into our view another remarkable occasion , of the hinderance of the growth of rimentall Philosophy , within the compass ...
... present Mountains of the West - Indies . Expe- Thus I pass over this sort of reviv'd Learning . And now there comes into our view another remarkable occasion , of the hinderance of the growth of rimentall Philosophy , within the compass ...
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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.