 | William Whewell - Induction (Logic) - 1837 - 646 pages
...class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all...of admiration, as one of the first who pursued the labours of the furnace and the laboratory, without the bribe of golden hopes. " My kingdom," he says,... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 1046 pages
...class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all...of admiration, as one of the first who pursued the labours of the furnace and the laboratory, without the bribe of golden hopes. " My kingdom," he says,... | |
 | 1841 - 502 pages
...class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all...die, if I would change places with the Persian king." Every physical science has its distinguishing IDKA ; the necessary condition of its existence as a... | |
 | William Whewell - Physical sciences - 1847 - 740 pages
..." Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that, may I die if 1 would change places with the Persian king." He is,...of admiration, as one of the first who pursued the labours of the furnace and the laboratory, without the bribe of golden hopes. "My kingdom," he says,... | |
 | English cyclopaedia - 1872 - 640 pages
...amidst smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons aud poverty," he say*, " yet among all these evils, I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that may I die if I would change places with the Persian king." His enthusiasm was grounded on a luve of science. He says, " My kingdom is not of this world ; I trust... | |
 | William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...amongst smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. "Yet amongst all these evils," says he, "I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that may I die if I would change places with the Persian king. I trust that I have got hold of my pitcher by the right handle — the true method of treating this... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1855 - 524 pages
...impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. "Yet among these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live...die if I would change places with the Persian king. My kingdom is not of this world. I trust that I have got hold of my pitcher by the right handle—the... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1857 - 600 pages
...class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek theirpleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. ' Yet among all...with the Persian king.' He is, indeed, well worthy of 3 Herschel's Introd. to Nat. Phil. p. Joo. 4 Frankfort, 168i. admiration, as one of the first who pursued... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1857 - 606 pages
...impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek then-pleasure among smoke aud vapour, soot and flume, poisons and poverty. ' Yet among all these evils,'...with the Persian king.' He is, indeed, well worthy of 3 Uerschel's Introd. to A'at. Phil. p. 3oo. « Frankfort, 1681. admiration, as one of the first who... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1859 - 668 pages
...addressed " to the benevolent reader" of his Physica Subterranea, he speaks of the chemists as a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse...of this world. I trust that I have got hold of my pitcher by the right handle,— the true method of treating this study. For the Pseudochymists seek... | |
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Subterranea, he speaks of the chemists as a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to... 
