A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1872 - 511 pagine |
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Pagina 2
... called crotchets , which is the nearest word we have to old paradox . But - there is this difference , that by calling a thing a crotchet we mean to speak lightly of it ; which was not the necessary sense of para- dox . Thus in the ...
... called crotchets , which is the nearest word we have to old paradox . But - there is this difference , that by calling a thing a crotchet we mean to speak lightly of it ; which was not the necessary sense of para- dox . Thus in the ...
Pagina 4
... called discoverers , in every matter ruled by thought , have been men versed in the minds of their predecessors , and learned in what had been before them . There is not one exception . I do not say that every man has made direct ...
... called discoverers , in every matter ruled by thought , have been men versed in the minds of their predecessors , and learned in what had been before them . There is not one exception . I do not say that every man has made direct ...
Pagina 6
... called their rubbish ; and I have preserved books sent to me for review . In not a few in- stances the books have been bound up with others , unmentioned at the back ; and for years I knew no more I had them than I knew I had Lord ...
... called their rubbish ; and I have preserved books sent to me for review . In not a few in- stances the books have been bound up with others , unmentioned at the back ; and for years I knew no more I had them than I knew I had Lord ...
Pagina 13
... called the writer of the article until after the appearance of the journal ; nay , if he be one of those - few , I daresay - who do not read their own articles , may never have been seen by him at all . Pos- sibly , the insertion or ...
... called the writer of the article until after the appearance of the journal ; nay , if he be one of those - few , I daresay - who do not read their own articles , may never have been seen by him at all . Pos- sibly , the insertion or ...
Pagina 18
... called his a review of the Works . ' It was charged against Sir John Hill that he had tried to become a Fellow of the Royal Society and had failed . This he denied , and challenged the production of the certificate which a candidate ...
... called his a review of the Works . ' It was charged against Sir John Hill that he had tried to become a Fellow of the Royal Society and had failed . This he denied , and challenged the production of the certificate which a candidate ...
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A Budget of Paradoxes Volume 2 David Eugene Smith,Augustus de Morgan,Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan Anteprima non disponibile - 2015 |
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Pagina 16 - For physic and farces his equal there scarce is— His farces are physic, his physic a farce is.