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Página iii
... though the lines are traced by the hand of affection , yet we discover no marks
of fulsome adulation or enthusiastic eulogy . The writer seemed to feel that to
depart from the simple and artless narrative of facts would but detract from the
merits ...
... though the lines are traced by the hand of affection , yet we discover no marks
of fulsome adulation or enthusiastic eulogy . The writer seemed to feel that to
depart from the simple and artless narrative of facts would but detract from the
merits ...
Página 28
Words are not invented for an exclusive expression of solitary facts , but for
general use . The creation of the world , or of any thing whatever , out of nothing ,
is a fact of this kind ; and no language ever had or ever will have a term precisely
...
Words are not invented for an exclusive expression of solitary facts , but for
general use . The creation of the world , or of any thing whatever , out of nothing ,
is a fact of this kind ; and no language ever had or ever will have a term precisely
...
Página 33
It is an extraordinary fact , that within the period of the last century , not less than
thirteen stars in different constellations , none of them below the sixth magnitude ,
seem totally newer . # Phil . Trans . vol . Ixxxiv . to have perished : forty to have ...
It is an extraordinary fact , that within the period of the last century , not less than
thirteen stars in different constellations , none of them below the sixth magnitude ,
seem totally newer . # Phil . Trans . vol . Ixxxiv . to have perished : forty to have ...
Página 34
What has thus befallen other systems will assuredly befall our own ; of the time
and the manner we know nothing , but the fact is incontrovertible ; it is foretold by
revelation , it is inscribed in the heavens , it is felt throughout the earth . Such is ...
What has thus befallen other systems will assuredly befall our own ; of the time
and the manner we know nothing , but the fact is incontrovertible ; it is foretold by
revelation , it is inscribed in the heavens , it is felt throughout the earth . Such is ...
Página 40
Of Pythagoras , it is only necessary to çlirect the attention to the two following very
extraordinary facts , to place him beyond ... P The second extraordinary fact to
which I allude , is one we have already slightly glanced at , but which must not so
...
Of Pythagoras , it is only necessary to çlirect the attention to the two following very
extraordinary facts , to place him beyond ... P The second extraordinary fact to
which I allude , is one we have already slightly glanced at , but which must not so
...
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Términos y frases comunes
able action already animals appears become belong birds blood body brain called cause character chiefly common consequence considerable consists constitutes continued denominated derived direct distinct distinguished doctrine earth effect equally example existence extensive external fact faculty feeling fishes former four give given hand head heart hence human ideas immediately important insects instances instinct intelligence Italy kind knowledge known language laws lecture less light living manner material matter means meet mind nature never objects observed occasion occasionally operation organs origin passions perfect perhaps period persons philosophers plants possess present principle produced proof prove reason regarded respect result says seems sensation sense separate similar sometimes species substance sufficient supposed term thing tion traced tribes variety various vegetable whole