 Strada, in one of his Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to...  The London Anecdotes for All Readers ... - Page 54edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 402 pages
...have supported an absence of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his prolusions, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...certain loadstone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...language. to my hand in a speculation of one of my predecessors '.. Strada, in the person of Lucretius, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when oneof the needles so touched began to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...exhibited to my hand in a speculation of one of my predecessors. Strada, in the person of Lucretius, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that, if it touched two several needles^ •when one of the needles so touched began... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...between two friends by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though at never so great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner. He tells us, that the two... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 296 pages
...have supported an absence of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue iu it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, tlie... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 384 pages
...supported an absence of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his prolusions (Pro. 6.), gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...friends by the help of a certain loadstone, which had No. 241. THE SPECTATOR. 251 such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...have supported an absence of three years without this expedient. Sir. lib, in one of his Prolusions *, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...certain loadstone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pages
...in a speculation of one of my predecessors. Strada, in the person of Lucretius, gives an account ef a chimerical correspondence between two friends, by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that, if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to... | |
 | 1822 - 788 pages
...have supported an absence of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his Prolusions,* her way, and she as often has directed a discourse...barbarity lias kept me ever at a distance from the it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 472 pages
...exhibited to my hand in a speculation of one of my predecessors '. Strada, in the person of Lucretius, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between...by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to... | |
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