| James Hardie - Biography - 1805 - 536 pages
...Which, (says he) of all Mr. .Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." BOYSE, (SAMUEL) a man remarkable for the fmeness of his genius, the lowness of his manners, and the... | |
| John Lemprière - Biography - 1810 - 650 pages
...Which," says he, " of all Boyle's writings shall I recommend .' all of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." In his person Boyle was tall, but slender, his countenance was pale and emaciated, and his constitution... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 534 pages
...Which," says he, "of all Mr. Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." The reader perhaps recollects, that Mr. Boyle was born the same year in which lord Bacon died. " Sol... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Bible - 1813 - 638 pages
...lessons of instruction, to the Bible. Boyle, of whom it has been said, " To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge," was in the habit of reading this letter from heaven upon his knees ; and Newton, that child-like sage,... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...shall I recommend? All of them. To him we owe the ^ccrets of fire, air, water, animals, < i-getables, fossils: so that from his works may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." BOYLE'S HELL, an instrument contrived for the pur|X)se of oxydatiug mercury. It is a very large broad... | |
| Donald Fraser - Chronology, Historical - 1814 - 164 pages
...age has produced. To him we owe the secrets of Jiret air, water, animals, vegetables and fostils : so that from his works may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge. A werk published in 1793, contains the following Biographical sketch of Mr. Boyle. " This noble writer... | |
| Charles Buck - Bible - 1815 - 430 pages
...Which (says he) of all Mr. Boyle's writings shall I recommend? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils:...may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge " The reader perhaps may here be pleased to be informed that Mr. Boy!c was born in the same year in... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...says he, " of all Mr. Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we o\ve the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." The reader perhaps recollects, that Mr. Boyle was born the same year in which lord Bacon died. " Sol... | |
| Eastburn, James, & Co., firm, booksellers, (New York) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1822 - 262 pages
...writings," says Dr. Boerhaave, " shall I recommend ? AH of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, vegetables, fossils : so that from his works may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." 3500 Seybert's (Adam, MD) Statistical Views of the United States of America, founded on Official Documents,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 888 pages
...Which (says lie) of all Mr Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." The reader perhaps may here be pleased to know, that Mr Boyle was born the same year in which Lord... | |
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