circumstance which was assured me by the physician and surgeon who
attended him in his last moments.
We may admire Sir Isaac Newton on this occasion, but then we must
The opinion that generally prevails in England with regard to these
new philosophers is, that the latter was a dreamer, and the former a
Very few people in England read Descartes, whose works indeed are
now useless. On the other side, but a small number peruse those of
Sir Isaac, because to do this the student must be deeply skilled in
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or that other infinitely more beautiful flower who wandered
for tobacco was something quite extraordinary. After tobacco,
(an odd red-breasted little bird, which inhabits the thick