 There is a strong propensity which dances through every atom, and attracts the minutest particle to some peculiar object ; search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon to all above the...  The worthies of Cumberland - Page 166by Henry Lonsdale - 1867Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...Sir William Jones, from the poem of Shirin and Ferhad : ' there is,' says the author of that poem, ' a strong propensity which dances through every atom...attracts the minutest particle to some peculiar object ; from such propensity arises every motion perceived in heavenly or terrestrial bodies. It is a disposition... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pages
...propensity which dances' thro ugh every atom and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object ; search this universe from its base to its...fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the mown to all above the celestial spheres, and thou wilt not find a corpuscle destitute of that natural... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1865 - 858 pages
...law of universal gravitation, the discovery of which constitutes Newton's greatest title to glory. " There is a strong propensity which dances through...every atom and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object ; search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water... | |
 | S W. Leonard - 1867 - 424 pages
...passage appears to me so curious, that I make no apology for giving you a faithful translation of it. " ' There is a strong propensity which dances through...every atom, and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object. Search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water to... | |
 | John Porter Brown - 1868 - 432 pages
...appears to me so curious that I make no apology for giving you a faithful translation of it : — " ' There is a strong propensity which dances through...wilt not find a corpuscle destitute of that natural attractibility ; the very point of the first thread in this apparently tangled skein is no other than... | |
 | 1871 - 456 pages
...passage appears to me so curious, that I make no apology for giving you a faithful translation of it. " ' There is a strong propensity which dances through...every atom, and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object. Search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water to... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1874 - 162 pages
...further associated an attractive force with the atoms. This is well shown in the following extract given by Sir William Jones, from the poem of " Shi'ri'n...wilt not find a corpuscle destitute of that natural attractibility ; the very point of the first thread in this apparently tangled skein is no other than... | |
 | Marlborough College (Marlborough, England). Natural History Society - 1877 - 606 pages
...particle to some particular object. Search this Universe from its 20 baso to its snmmit, from firo to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon, to all above the celestial spheres, and thon wilt not find a corpuscle destitute of that natnral attractibility. The very point of the first... | |
 | Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - 1881 - 482 pages
...appears to me so curious that I make no " apology for giving you a faithful translation of it: — " There is a strong propensity which dances through...its summit, from fire to air, from " water to earth (the four elements/), from all below the moon to all "above the celestial spheres, and thou wilt not... | |
 | 1888 - 798 pages
...Researches, Vol. IV., by Sir Wm. Jones, in his article, "Philosophy of the Asiatics "? Here it is : " There is a strong propensity which dances through...every atom, and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object. Search this universe from its base to its summit, from flre to air, from water to... | |
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