Hence, noting the simplicity achieved in Copernicus' formulation does not provide another reason for the acceptance of De Revolutionibus, another reason beyond its systematic superiority.

In order to prevent this, Washington hastened to dispatch several units to reinforce the fort, including a force under the Marquis De Lafayette containing some 160 of Morgan's riflemen, all who were fit for duty at this time, the rest having no shoes.

Then we have surviving at least one instance of a poem prepared for another, in Naturam non Pati Senium, and perhaps also the De Idea Platonica.

Alex's instruction was rapid, for the doctor had to go off to the Rue Ecole De Medecine to hear more speeches with only time for one sip of wine to sustain him through them all.

We have recently entered into an agreement with Compagnie Generale De Telegraphie Sans Fil ( CSF ) of France for the exclusive exchange of technical information on thermoelectric materials.

Oersted remodeled Ritter's notes into an essay in French which was submitted to the Institut De France for its annual prize of 3,000 francs.

De Jager ( 1955 ) has calculated the times required for these particles to reach the atmosphere under the influence of the Poynting-Robertson effect, which in this case causes the orbits to become more and more eccentric without changing the semi-major axis.

Of the various particle accelerators, the Van De Graff machines, resonant transformers, and linear accelerators are the principal ones available for commercial use.

He is publicly on record as believing Mr. De Sapio should be replaced for the good of the party.

Olivia De Havilland signed to do a Broadway play for Garson Kanin this season, `` A Gift of Time ''.

The other occupants were James Willard Olvey, 18, of 963 Ponce De Leon Ave., NE, and Larry Coleman Barnett, 19, of 704 Hill St., SE, both of whom were treated at Grady Hospital for severe lacerations and bruises.

Diario De La Marina was the oldest and most influential paper in Cuba, with a reputation for speaking out against tyranny.

Rameau's Six Concerts En Sextuor, recorded by L'orchestre De Chambre Pierre Menet ( BAM LD 046 ), turn out to be harpsichord pieces arranged for strings apparently by the composer himself.

The man whom he would select as our leader for this great task is De Gaulle.

The entrants ranged from serious manufacturers like Peugeot, Panhard or De Dion to amateur owners, and only 25 were selected for the main race.

Thus at Mobile the annual mean is 67 ° F ( 19 ° C ), the mean for the summer 81 ° F ( 27 ° C ), and for the winter 52 ° F ( 11 ° C ); and at Valley Head, in De Kalb county, the annual mean is 59 ° F ( 15 ° C ), the mean for the summer 75 ° F ( 24 ° C ), and for the winter 41 ° F ( 5 ° C ).

Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner used the words lituum alpinum for the first known detailed description of the alphorn in his De raris et admirandis herbis in 1555.

Nothing can be built on the vague allusions of Jerome, according to whom ' Abraxas ' meant for Basilides " the greatest God " ( De vir.

An exception to this general tendency is his Latin treatise " De falconibus " ( later inserted in the larger work, De Animalibus, as book 23, chapter 40 ), in which he displays impressive actual knowledge of a ) the differences between the birds of prey and the other kinds of birds ; b ) the different kinds of falcons ; c ) the way of preparing them for the hunt ; and d ) the cures for sick and wounded falcons.

The famous literary opium addicts Thomas De Quincey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Wilkie Collins also took it for its pleasurable effects.

Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859 ) was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ( 1821 ).

In 1800, De Quincey, aged fifteen, was ready for the University of Oxford ; his scholarship was far in advance of his years.

Thomas Hood found the shrinking author " at home in a German ocean of literature, in a storm, flooding all the floor, the tables, and the chairs — billows of books ..." De Quincey was famous for his conversation ; Richard Woodhouse wrote of the " depth and reality, as I may so call it, of his knowledge ... His conversation appeared like the elaboration of a mine of results ..."

De Quincey was oppressed by debt for most of his adult life ; along with his opium addiction, debt was one of the primary constraints of his existence.

By his own testimony, De Quincey first used opium in 1804 to relieve his neuralgia ; he used it for pleasure, but no more than weekly, through 1812.

De Quincey edited and revised his works for the Hogg edition ; the 1856 second edition of the Confessions was prepared for inclusion in Selections Grave and Gay ....

These books were favourites of John Wesley, and admired for their prose style by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, and Thomas de Quincey.

Taylor's work was much admired by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, for its devotional quality ; and by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey, and Edmund Gosse for its literary qualities.

* James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Edward Sackville West, A Flame in Sunlight: The Life and Work of Thomas de Quincey

In the 1850s, the term was applied to a range of colors or hue, for example by Thomas De Quincey, who wrote " Porphyry, I have heard, runs through as large a gamut of hues as marble.

The panpsychist doctrine has recently been making a comeback in the American philosophy of mind — for example, Christian de Quincey and Leo Stubenberg have each recently defended it.

With the Avalanche in the midst of a rebuilding process, Smyth was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on July 3, 2009, in exchange for Kyle Quincey, Tom Preissing and a fifth-round selection in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

" Fénelon ( Second Dialogue ) describes it as portrayal ; De Quincey, as a holding of the thought until the mind gets time to eddy about it ; Newman gives a masterly analysis of it ; his own sermons are remarkable for this quality of amplification as are those of Bourdaloue on the intellectual, and those of Massillon on the intellectual-emotional side, v. g. the latter's sermon on the Prodigal Son.

Before the Romantics, Shakespeare was simply the most admired of all dramatic poets, especially for his insight into human nature and his realism, but Romantic critics such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge refactored him into an object of almost religious adoration or " bardolatry " ( from bard + λατρεία, Greek for worship — a word coined by George Bernard Shaw ), who towered above mere mortal writers, and whose plays were to be worshipped as not " merely great works of art " but as " phenomena of nature, like the sun and the sea, the stars and the flowers " and " with entire submission of our own faculties " ( Thomas de Quincey, 1823 ).

* Bohmian Dialogue ( a form of communication devised by quantum physicist David Bohm to explore wholeness in consciousness, which de Quincey acknowledges as an effective medium for intersubjective experience )

* Transformation ( a major aim of psychospiritual practice that involves a profound shift in one's experience of self and world, which de Quincey claims is essential for any true science of consciousness )

Though De Quincey was later criticized for giving too much attention to the pleasure of opium and not enough to the harsh negatives of addiction, The Pains of Opium is in fact significantly longer than The Pleasures.

In the early 1850s, De Quincey prepared the first collected edition of his works for publisher James Hogg.

The story ends with Quincey returning to the castle with Dracula, for a short times to adjust to what has happened to him.

* The Mine and the Mint: Sources for the Writings of Thomas de Quincey ( 1965 )

The best antidote for the bitterness and disappointment that poisoned him was hard work.

He didn't think it was possible for this couple to be pretending.

It must have hurt her even to walk, for the sole was completely off her left foot and Morgan saw that it was bruised and bleeding.

It was the only thing in his life for which he felt guilt.

He knew who was riding after him -- the men he had known all his life, the men who had worked for him, sworn their loyalty to him.

Still, I was disgusted with myself for agreeing with Montero's methods.

He was naked except for a clout.

Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.

Well, the grass was there, though in some places the ground was too steep for a cow to get to it.

But it was not easy for him and he often slipped.

Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

I was constantly searching for clues around the neighborhood of the hall.

No one was behind it, but in the rear wall of the office I noticed, for the first time, a door which had been left partially open.

Was I sure, he asked, that I knew what I was applying for??

At one and the same time, she was within it but still searching for the drawbridge that would give her entry.

That was the day that he had practically mopped up the main street of Big Sands with Aaron McBride, field boss for the Highlands Oil & Gas Company.

It was payday for Highlands, and he was packing a lot of money back into the oil fields.

I was just doing my job, just following orders, and for that he's going to kill me.

Somehow more terrible than the certainty that he was about to die was the knowledge that Lord would probably not suffer for it: the murder would go unpunished.

He was readying a batch of sourdough biscuits for the Dutch oven.