 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...from criticism. ART. X. — The Discovery of a New World; or, A Discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable World in the...Discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither. .By Dr. John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester. Written in the year 1638. The learned and right reverend person... | |
 | 1832 - 402 pages
...published a work in 1638, entitled " The discovery of a New World, or a discourse tending to prove there may be another habitable world in the moon, with a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither." In which he remarks: "If we must needs feed upon something, why... | |
 | 1833 - 666 pages
...published a work, in 1638, entitled " Tk» discovery of a New World, or a discourse tending to prove there may be another habitable world in the Moon, with a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither." In which he remarks : " If we must needs feed upon something, why... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 pages
...ingenious. His first was the famous piece entitled, ' The discovery of a new world ; or a discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the possibility of a passage thither.' This was a juvenile production, but the bishop in his old age adhered to the speculations of his youth,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 516 pages
...twenty-four years old, he published a book entitled " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the possibility of a passage thither." The latter part of his subject was, of course, an obvious mark for the sneers and witticisms of critics.... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 pages
...twenty-four years old, he published a book entitled " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the possibility of a passage thither." The latter part of his subject was, of course, an obvious mark for the sneers and Avitticisms of critics.... | |
 | 740 pages
...came forward with his whimsical treatise, " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the possibility of a Passage thither." The learned Bishop of Chester contends thus, regarding a flight to the moon : — 1, " It is not impossible... | |
 | 1838 - 544 pages
...whimsical little book, entitled " The Discovery of a New World ; or a discourse tending to prove, that there may be another habitable world in the moon,...concerning the possibility of a passage thither." Ho was the inventor of the Perambulator, or MeasuringWheel. Of his theological works the principal... | |
 | 1838 - 274 pages
...Discovery of a New World ; or a discourse tending to prove, that there may bo another habitable world iu the moon, with a discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither." He was the inventor of the Perambulator, or MeasuringWheel. Of his theological works the principal... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 422 pages
...ought to have been mentioned before, is Wilkins's " Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither." This is one of the births of that inquiring spirit, that disdain of ancient prejudice, which the seventeenth... | |
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The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither. 
