 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 vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. ' Yet among all these evils,' he says, ' I seem to myself to...  History of the Inductive Sciences ... - Page 268by William Whewell - 1866Full view - About this book
 | William Whewell - Induction (Logic) - 1837 - 646 pages
...and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that, may I die if I would change places...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
...and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that, may I 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... | |
 | Clement Hoare - Viticulture - 1845 - 210 pages
...Bound in cloth. Price, $1,50. ELISHA BARTLETT, MD AN ESSAY ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. " I trust that I have got hold of my pitcher by the right handle." In one volume, 8vo. Bound in cloth. Price, $2,00. P. CH. LOUIS. ANATOMICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC... | |
 | Medicine - 1845 - 600 pages
...and is evincive of his well known talents. 3. — .#71 Ettay on the Philosophy of Medical Science. " I trust that I have got hold of my pitcher by the right handle." By ELISHA BARTLETT, MD, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Maryland.... | |
 | Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1850 - 548 pages
...confession of one who, scorning the pursuit of science for the sake of gold, could write, " My kingdom is not of this world. I trust that I have got hold...handle; the true method of treating this study. For the pseudo (or false) chemists seek gold ; but the true philosopher, science, which is more precious than... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1853 - 366 pages
...myself to live so sweetly, that may I die if I would change places with the Persian king. My kingdom is not of this world. I trust that I have got hold...— the true method of treating this study. For the psuedo-chemists seek gold ; but I have the true philosophy, science, which is more precious than any... | |
 | English cyclopaedia - 1872 - 640 pages
...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
...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 - 526 pages
...myself to live so sweetly, that may I die if I would change places with the Persian king. • My kingdom is not of this world. I trust that I have got hold...— the true method of treating this study. For the pseudo-chemists seek gold ; but I have the true philosophy, science which is more precious than any... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1855 - 524 pages
...soot and flame, poisons and poverty. "Yet among these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that may I 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... | |
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