 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 pages
...philosophy, as it was called in the time of Charles the Second, has effected for mankind, and his anwer is ready ; " It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated...along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 568 pages
...of Bacon produced observations, experiments, discoveries, machines, entire arts and industries : ' It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it...along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind.' ' The first was consumed in solving unsolvable enigmas, fabricating... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...of Bacon produced observations, experiments, discoveries, machines, entire arts and industries : ' It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it...cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean iu ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind.' 1 The first was consumed in solving unsolvable... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 572 pages
...of Bacon produced observations, experiments, discoveries, machines, entire arts and industries : ' It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it...into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse tie land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 586 pages
...arts and industries : ' It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has extinguished disease : it has increased the fertility of the soil; it has...into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse th-; land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour... | |
 | 1871 - 604 pages
...annihilated distance; it has facilitated intercourse, correspondence, all friendly offices, all dispatch of business ; it has enabled man to descend to the...along without horses, and the ocean in ships which sail against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits. For it is a philosophy... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1871 - 470 pages
...annihilated distance ; it has facilitated intercourse, correspondence, all friendly offices, all dispatches of business ; it has enabled man to descend to the...noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse the land on cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which sail against the wind. These... | |
 | A. Elley Finch - 1872 - 136 pages
...Francis Bacon of Verulam, &c., pp. 60, 62, 407, 408. ' Ask a follower of Bacon what the New Philosophy has effected for mankind, and his answer is ready...along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits.... | |
 | Arthur Elley Finch - 1872 - 132 pages
...Verulam, &c., pp. 60, 62, 407, 408. ' Ask a follower of Bacon what the New Philosophy has eifected for mankind, and his answer is ready : It has lengthened...along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits.... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1872 - 1254 pages
...day ; it has extended the range of human vision ; it has multiplied the power of the human muscle ; it has accelerated motion ; it has annihilated distance...along without horses, and the ocean in ships which sail against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits. For it is a philosophy... | |
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... unknown to our fathers; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth; it has lighted up the night with the splendour of the day; it has extended the range of the human vision; it has multiplied the power of the human muscles; it... 
