Lives of eminent persons. Letters. Prayers. IndexNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... knowledge untouched . By him Acquependente , the great anatomist , con- feffes that he was informed how vifion is performed ; and there are proofs that he was not a stranger to the circulation of the blood . He frequently converfed upon ...
... knowledge untouched . By him Acquependente , the great anatomist , con- feffes that he was informed how vifion is performed ; and there are proofs that he was not a stranger to the circulation of the blood . He frequently converfed upon ...
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... knowledge of it not common in female ftudents . This knowledge , however , fhe did not live to communicate to her fon ; for fhe died in 1673 , ten years after her marriage . His father , finding himfelf encumbered with the care of feven ...
... knowledge of it not common in female ftudents . This knowledge , however , fhe did not live to communicate to her fon ; for fhe died in 1673 , ten years after her marriage . His father , finding himfelf encumbered with the care of feven ...
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... knowledge of the Hebrew tongue . Being convinced of the neceffity of mathematical learning , he began to ftudy thofe fciences in 1687 , but without that intense industry with which the plea- fure he found in that kind of knowledge ...
... knowledge of the Hebrew tongue . Being convinced of the neceffity of mathematical learning , he began to ftudy thofe fciences in 1687 , but without that intense industry with which the plea- fure he found in that kind of knowledge ...
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... knowledge of the mathe- maticks , he read lectures in those sciences to a felect number of young gentlemen in the university . At length , his propenfion to the study of phyfick grew too violent to be refifted ; and , though he ftill ...
... knowledge of the mathe- maticks , he read lectures in those sciences to a felect number of young gentlemen in the university . At length , his propenfion to the study of phyfick grew too violent to be refifted ; and , though he ftill ...
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... knowledge of medi- cine by way of digreffion from theological ftudies , would have been little lefs than madness in most men , and would have only expofed them to ridicule and contempt . But Boerhaave was one of those mighty geniuses ...
... knowledge of medi- cine by way of digreffion from theological ftudies , would have been little lefs than madness in most men , and would have only expofed them to ridicule and contempt . But Boerhaave was one of those mighty geniuses ...
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Page 443 - ALMIGHTY God, merciful Father, in whose hands are life and death, sanctify unto me the sorrow which I now feel. Forgive me whatever I have done unkindly to my mother, and whatever I have omitted to do kindly. Make me to remember her good precepts and good example, and to reform my life according to thy holy word, that I may lose no more opportunities of good.
Page 428 - ... stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state, that I wondered at my own apathy, and considered that perhaps death itself, when it should come, would excite less horrour than seems now to attend it.
Page 423 - You willing in a short time to alleviate your trouble by some other exercise of the mind. I am not without my part of the calamity. No death since that of my Wife has ever oppressed me like this. But let us remember that we are in the hands of him who knows when to give, and when to take away, who will look upon us with mercy through all our variations of existence, and who invites us to call on him in the day of trouble. Call upon him in this great revolution of life, and call with confidence. You...
Page 352 - Monboddo's, the Scotch Judge, who has lately written a strange book about the origin of language, in which he traces monkeys up to men, and says that in some countries the human species have tails like other beasts. He inquired for these long-tailed men of Banks, and was not well pleased that they had not been found in all his peregrination. He talked nothing of this to me...
Page 303 - CHRISTIANITY; men may fometimes eagerly difpute, and yet not differ much from one another : the rigorous perfecutors of error, should, therefore, enlighten their zeal with knowledge, and temper their orthodoxy with CHARITY; that CHARITY, without which orthodoxy is vain...
Page 214 - He seemed not at first much affected by her death, but in a few days lost his sleep and his appetite, which he never recovered ; but after having lingered about two years, with many...
Page 428 - I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty ; my hand, I knew not how nor why, made wrong letters.
Page 335 - Ashbourne in the Peak. Let not the barren name of the Peak terrify you ; I have never wanted strawberries and cream. The great bull has no disease but age. I hope in time to be like the great bull ; and hope you will be like him too a hundred years hence.
Page 366 - The return of my birth-day, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
Page 421 - The King said in council, that the magistrates had not done their duty, but that he would do his own; and a proclamation was published, directing us to keep our servants within doors, as the peace was now to be preserved by force. The soldiers were sent out to different parts, and the town is now at quiet.