Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... learned the navigation of that part of the ocean . In 1570 he obtained a regular commission from Queen Elizabeth , though he sailed his own ships , and made his own ventures . Every Englishman who had the means was at liberty to fit out ...
... learned the navigation of that part of the ocean . In 1570 he obtained a regular commission from Queen Elizabeth , though he sailed his own ships , and made his own ventures . Every Englishman who had the means was at liberty to fit out ...
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... learned to draw , and his mechanical career began . When only twelve years old he was appointed a cadet in the Swedish corps of mechanical engineers , and in the following year he was put in charge of a section of the Gotha Ship Canal ...
... learned to draw , and his mechanical career began . When only twelve years old he was appointed a cadet in the Swedish corps of mechanical engineers , and in the following year he was put in charge of a section of the Gotha Ship Canal ...
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... learned to read and write . When Murdock afterwards set up a school at Ayr , Burns , who was then fifteen , went to board with him . In a letter to a correspondent , Murdock said : " In 1773 , Robert Burns came to board and lodge with ...
... learned to read and write . When Murdock afterwards set up a school at Ayr , Burns , who was then fifteen , went to board with him . In a letter to a correspondent , Murdock said : " In 1773 , Robert Burns came to board and lodge with ...
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... learned French , as well as a little Latin . Some time after , Murdock removed to London , and had the honor of teaching Talleyrand English during his residence as an emigrant in this country . He con- tinued to have the greatest ...
... learned French , as well as a little Latin . Some time after , Murdock removed to London , and had the honor of teaching Talleyrand English during his residence as an emigrant in this country . He con- tinued to have the greatest ...
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... learned his trade . During this time , hav- ing saved a little money , he enrolled himself for a year as a regular student at the University of Leipzig . a very According to Koenig's own account , he first began to devise ways and means ...
... learned his trade . During this time , hav- ing saved a little money , he enrolled himself for a year as a regular student at the University of Leipzig . a very According to Koenig's own account , he first began to devise ways and means ...
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Página 205 - But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking and causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages...
Página 98 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To have thy prince's grace yet want her Peers...