Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Implant in the Young Mind the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports of YouthJohn Murray, 1861 - 401 páginas |
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Página 11
... effect of your Utopian scheme ; for truly may I exclaim with the immortal Maro- ' in nostros fabricata est machina muros . ' " Come , come , my good friend , all this is declamation without argument , " said Mr Seymour . * " An engine's ...
... effect of your Utopian scheme ; for truly may I exclaim with the immortal Maro- ' in nostros fabricata est machina muros . ' " Come , come , my good friend , all this is declamation without argument , " said Mr Seymour . * " An engine's ...
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... effect . Verily thou art a schoolmaster in sheep's clothing . " " Come , come , my dear vicar , pray chain up your prejudices , and let your kind spirit loose for half an hour : let me beg that you will so far indulge me as to listen ...
... effect . Verily thou art a schoolmaster in sheep's clothing . " " Come , come , my dear vicar , pray chain up your prejudices , and let your kind spirit loose for half an hour : let me beg that you will so far indulge me as to listen ...
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... effect their holiday schemes ? The distinction might more properly be made to turn upon the irksome feelings which may be supposed to attend the drudgery of study , when its promised objects have no direct sympathies in the imagination ...
... effect their holiday schemes ? The distinction might more properly be made to turn upon the irksome feelings which may be supposed to attend the drudgery of study , when its promised objects have no direct sympathies in the imagination ...
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... effect of water in filling up those inequalities by which contiguous surfaces are deprived of their attractive power ; it will , at the same time , de- monstrate the nature of a vacuum , and the influence of atmospheric pressure . The ...
... effect of water in filling up those inequalities by which contiguous surfaces are deprived of their attractive power ; it will , at the same time , de- monstrate the nature of a vacuum , and the influence of atmospheric pressure . The ...
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... effect . " Most cheerfully shall I comply with your wishes , ” exclaimed the delighted vicar ; " and I can assure you , sir , that with regard to several of the more popular toys and pastimes , there is much very curious and interesting ...
... effect . " Most cheerfully shall I comply with your wishes , ” exclaimed the delighted vicar ; " and I can assure you , sir , that with regard to several of the more popular toys and pastimes , there is much very curious and interesting ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid alluded amusement ancient angle answered antiquary appear asked Mr Seymour axis ball body centre of gravity centrifugal force circle classical coin colours complementary colours continued Mr Seymour cried cycloid dear delight described direction distance doubt earth Edition effect elastic equal exclaimed the vicar exhibit experiment explain fall father Fcap figure flowers force hand kite light Major Snapwell manner marble means ment Miss Villers move Natural Philosophy nature never object observed Mr Seymour observed the vicar occasion Osterley Park Overton Overton Lodge party pass perceive philosopher Post 8vo present principle produced quoits reader readily remember replied Mr Seymour replied the vicar revolve rotatory motion round side sound spinning sport St Swithin stone striking string struck suppose surface Thaumatrope tion tube Twaddleton velocity vibrations Virgil Vols weight wind Woodcuts word
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Página 197 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Página 217 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils...
Página 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Página 325 - Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind.
Página 5 - BRAY'S (MRS.) Life of Thomas Stothard, RA With Personal Reminiscences. Illustrated with Portrait and 60 Woodcuts of his chief works. 4to. BREWSTER'S (SiR DAVID) Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.
Página 325 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Página 6 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Página 315 - Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it...
Página 21 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Página 197 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...