...persons at Oxford is thus described by Spratt, Bishop of Rochester, in his History of the Royal Society " Their first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction of breathing a fresher air, and of conversing in quiet one with another, without being engaged in the passions and...

...at Oxford is thus described by Spratt, Bishop of Rochester, in his History of the Royal Society : " Their first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction of breathing a fresher air, and of conversing in quiet one with another, without being engaged in the passions and...

...persons at Oxford is thus described by Spratt, Bishop of Rochester, in his Hittory of the Royal Society " Their first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction of breathing a fresher air, and of conversing in quiet one with another, without being engaged in the passions and...

...objects of this infant association, from which has since sprung so eminent and useful a society : — " Their first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction of breathing a fresher air, and of conversing in quiet one with another, without 'being engaged in the passions and...

...bishop Sprat (History of the Roy. Soc.), " was no more than only the satisfaction of breathing a fresher air, and of conversing in quiet one with another without...engaged in the passions and madness of that dismal age. And from the institution of that assembly it had been enough if no other advantage had come but this,...

...misfortunes of the kingdom, and the security and ease of a retirement amongst grown men, had drawn thither. Their first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction...breathing a freer air; and of conversing in quiet with one another, without being engaged in the passions and madness of that dismal age. * * For such...

...the kingdom, and the security and ease of a retirement amongst grown men, had drawn thither. Then1 first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction...breathing a freer air, and of conversing in quiet with one another, without being engaged in the passions and madness of that dismal age. * * For such...

...first purpose was no more than the satisfaction of breathing a fresher air, and of conversing in quiet, without being engaged in the passions and madness of that dismal age. And from the institution of that assembly it had been enough, if no other advantage had come but this,...

...misfortunes of the kingdom, and the security and ease of a retirement amongst grown men, had drawn thither. Their first purpose was no more than only the satisfaction...breathing a freer air, and of conversing in quiet with one another, without being engaged in the passions and madness of that dismal age. * * For such...

...where " a few gentlemen, who had begun a free way of reasoning," used to assemble together, to have the satisfaction of breathing a freer air, and of...engaged in the passions and madness of that dismal age.* One great cause of the slow progress of agriculture was the rudeness of the implements, which were...