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Original Letter Of The Astronomer Galileo.
sion appeared to me to be just ; notwithstanding this , it was entirely overlooked ; and the only answer I received was a shrug of the shoulders , the constant refuge of those who hold any opinion ° hrough prejudice , or the force of authority . Finall y , I was compelled , as ° a good catholic , to retract my opinion , and my dialogue was prohibited under heavy penalties . After iive months I was dismissed from at the time
Rome , when Florence was ravaged by the plague ; and , with a generous compassion , the residence of Monsignor Piccolomini , the dearest friend 1 had in Sienna , was assigned to me as my prison . The elegant conversation of this beloved friend I enjoyed with so much tranquillity and satisfaction of mind , that I soon recommenced my studies ; and discovered and demonstrated great part of my mechanical conclusions
on the resistance of solid bodies , with some other speculations . At the end of about five months , the pestilence having ceased in my country , about the beginning of December , 16 ? : > , I was permitted b y his Holiness to change my confinement for the liberty of tnat country which I so much esteemed . I returned then to " the village of Bellosguardo , whence I went to Arcetri , where at present I breathe that salubrious air in the vicinity of my beloved country , Florence . Adieu . '
Curious Facts Relative To The Late Charles Stuart, The Pretender .
CURIOUS FACTS RELATIVE TO THE LATE CHARLES STUART , THE PRETENDER .
fFROM A LETTER WRITTEN TO SIR JOHN TRIKGLE , BY DAVID HUME , THE HISTORIAN . ]
' T ^ tne Pretender was in London in the year rv ^ , I know A with the greatest certaint y , because I had it from LordMarechal , who said it consisted with his certain knowledge . Two or three days after his Lordshi p gave me this information , he told me , that ^ the evening before , he had learned several curious particulars from a lady , ( who I imagined to be Lady Primrose ) though my Lord refused to herThe
name . pretender came to her hJuse in the evening , without giving her any preparatory information , and- ' -entered the rot ; m when she had a pretty large company with her , and was herself pla ; nig at cards . He was announced by the servant under another name : she thought the cards would have dropped from her hands on seeing him ; but she had h of mind to call
presence enoug him by the name lie assumed , to ask him when lie came to England , and how Lng he intended to stay there . After he and all the ^ ornpany went away , the servants remarked how wonderfull y like the strange gentleman was to the Prince ' s picture which hung on the chimney-piece in the very room which he entered . —Mv Lrjrd added ( I think from the authority of the same Mv ) , that he " used so little
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Original Letter Of The Astronomer Galileo.
sion appeared to me to be just ; notwithstanding this , it was entirely overlooked ; and the only answer I received was a shrug of the shoulders , the constant refuge of those who hold any opinion ° hrough prejudice , or the force of authority . Finall y , I was compelled , as ° a good catholic , to retract my opinion , and my dialogue was prohibited under heavy penalties . After iive months I was dismissed from at the time
Rome , when Florence was ravaged by the plague ; and , with a generous compassion , the residence of Monsignor Piccolomini , the dearest friend 1 had in Sienna , was assigned to me as my prison . The elegant conversation of this beloved friend I enjoyed with so much tranquillity and satisfaction of mind , that I soon recommenced my studies ; and discovered and demonstrated great part of my mechanical conclusions
on the resistance of solid bodies , with some other speculations . At the end of about five months , the pestilence having ceased in my country , about the beginning of December , 16 ? : > , I was permitted b y his Holiness to change my confinement for the liberty of tnat country which I so much esteemed . I returned then to " the village of Bellosguardo , whence I went to Arcetri , where at present I breathe that salubrious air in the vicinity of my beloved country , Florence . Adieu . '
Curious Facts Relative To The Late Charles Stuart, The Pretender .
CURIOUS FACTS RELATIVE TO THE LATE CHARLES STUART , THE PRETENDER .
fFROM A LETTER WRITTEN TO SIR JOHN TRIKGLE , BY DAVID HUME , THE HISTORIAN . ]
' T ^ tne Pretender was in London in the year rv ^ , I know A with the greatest certaint y , because I had it from LordMarechal , who said it consisted with his certain knowledge . Two or three days after his Lordshi p gave me this information , he told me , that ^ the evening before , he had learned several curious particulars from a lady , ( who I imagined to be Lady Primrose ) though my Lord refused to herThe
name . pretender came to her hJuse in the evening , without giving her any preparatory information , and- ' -entered the rot ; m when she had a pretty large company with her , and was herself pla ; nig at cards . He was announced by the servant under another name : she thought the cards would have dropped from her hands on seeing him ; but she had h of mind to call
presence enoug him by the name lie assumed , to ask him when lie came to England , and how Lng he intended to stay there . After he and all the ^ ornpany went away , the servants remarked how wonderfull y like the strange gentleman was to the Prince ' s picture which hung on the chimney-piece in the very room which he entered . —Mv Lrjrd added ( I think from the authority of the same Mv ) , that he " used so little