The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 92A. Constable, 1850 |
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... less infinitesimal , which we make up our minds to disregard . And it is thus that we come to rest in practical , as distinct from mathematical , cer- tainty , in all physical inquiry , and in all the transactions of life . It is to ...
... less infinitesimal , which we make up our minds to disregard . And it is thus that we come to rest in practical , as distinct from mathematical , cer- tainty , in all physical inquiry , and in all the transactions of life . It is to ...
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... less creditable name of the doctrine of Chances , originated at the gaming table ; and was for a long time confined to estimating the chances of success and failure in throws of dice , combinations of cards , and drawings of lotteries ...
... less creditable name of the doctrine of Chances , originated at the gaming table ; and was for a long time confined to estimating the chances of success and failure in throws of dice , combinations of cards , and drawings of lotteries ...
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... less its probability , according to some regular LAW of progression , which must necessarily be general and apply alike to all cases , since the causes of error are supposed alike unknown in all ; and it is on this ignorance , and not ...
... less its probability , according to some regular LAW of progression , which must necessarily be general and apply alike to all cases , since the causes of error are supposed alike unknown in all ; and it is on this ignorance , and not ...
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... less in common than that given above with that of Laplace , Poisson , and Quetelet . Yet the conclusions are iden- tical , and the verifications afforded by experience in all cases where the trials have been sufficiently numerous , and ...
... less in common than that given above with that of Laplace , Poisson , and Quetelet . Yet the conclusions are iden- tical , and the verifications afforded by experience in all cases where the trials have been sufficiently numerous , and ...
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... less fit for exact and philosophical An average may exist of the most different objects , as of the heights of houses in a town , or the sizes of books in a library . It may be convenient , to convey a general notion of the things ...
... less fit for exact and philosophical An average may exist of the most different objects , as of the heights of houses in a town , or the sizes of books in a library . It may be convenient , to convey a general notion of the things ...
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Page 352 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 276 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Page 327 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and in'tense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 90 - Stoop then, and wash. — How many ages hence, Shall this our lofty scene be acted over, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown ? Bru.
Page 332 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style ; which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy, let them, instead of compiling grammars and dictionaries, endeavour, with all their influence, to stop the license of translators, whose idleness and ignorance, if it be suffered to proceed, will reduce us to babble a dialect of France.
Page 347 - This is a misery much to be lamented ; for though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but, were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Page 557 - To the inmost mind, There exercise all his fierce accidents, And on her purest spirits prey, As on entrails, joints, and limbs, With answerable pains, but more intense, Though void of corporal sense.