| 单词 | primum mobile |
| 例句 | “Hellgate” is now the orifice in the primum mobile towards the empyrean. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Moral virtue is with me a primum mobile in all things. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z In mediaeval astronomy it came to be known as the primum mobile or “first movable,” while a tenth and motionless sphere was added as the abode of God and redeemed souls. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z I need not say that your correspondent is quite right in referring the words first moved to the primum mobile. Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-13T02:00:32.783Z Hostility to the foreigner is the primum mobile of their local policy. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The grand difficulty is to find a primum mobile, or first mover, when the very act of seeking implies a primum mobile, which the conditions of the act deny. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z That is the reason why both ancient and modern mathematicians, aside from the motion of the primum mobile, were forced to admit and consider the peculiar movements of the planets themselves. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z The thought of the two outer spheres, the primum mobile, whirling along with it all the inner spheres, and the firmament, bearing hosts of bright stars, seems to have appealed strongly to the poet’s imagination. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z I say apparent, because when the primum mobile is once understood, all these little perversities of lovers' quarrels are beautifully consistent, and always traceable to the one great original cause. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z It was the last week in the month of November, 18—, when the event occurred which proved to be the primum mobile of the following adventures. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z In all these cases the primum mobile is the making of a livelihood. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z So away my horse went with me at a good trot, like the "primum mobile," for my dad's farm. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim In using the terms “swift and round” Chaucer must have been thinking of the primum mobile which, as we have seen, was thought to have a swift diurnal motion from east to west. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z This was believed to turn all the others, and was called the primum mobile. Pioneers of Science Thus saving the Sun his labour, and the ‘primum mobile,’ ‘that swift nocturnal and diurnal rhomb,’ which carried all the lower spheres along with it, and brought about the change of day and night. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The notion that there must be something immovable which moves all other things, is the old scholastic error of a primum mobile. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive The author of this scheme owns all the ground thereabouts; so that private interest, and not patriotism, would seem to be the primum mobile of their suggestions. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Here it clearly refers to the primum mobile; it often applies to the whole expanse of the heavens. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z In vain had Castlereagh made liberal use of the sum of £5,000 which he begged Pitt to send over to serve as a primum mobile at Dublin. William Pitt and the Great War That was the primum mobile which was turned about itself by such an intelligentia as the understanding. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning In this effort lies its only possible unity, its primum mobile, its one clearly defined object from beginning to end. The Education of American Girls There remains that primum mobile of which all the mystics have spoken: energy, the power to create. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The outermost sphere, or primum mobile, is opaque and impervious. Milton He is represented as believing that egotism is the primum mobile of all human action, and that man is wholly the victim of his passions, which lead him whither they will. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Nay, from the Spirit of Jesus, living in the heart by faith, and dwelling in it by love, as the first wheel of this motion, the primum mobile. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning I mentally exclaimed; “I have found the primum mobile of the circulation of the blood.” Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History Who can trace out the hidden cause; the "primum mobile" of the Ptolmaic philosophy—the secret spring of motion? Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. The Vice-Chancellor was the primum mobile of this great affair: Grotius was subordinate to him, and did him great service by the instructions which he sent him. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Cant, 'the grand primum mobile of England', vi. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals From this "top" the poet ascends through the seven planetary heavens, the fixed stars, and the "primum mobile" to the empyre'an or seat of God. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook “This vivisection clearly proved that the primum mobile of the circulation, and the chief motive powers of the blood, are in the lungs, and not in the heart.” Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History We must make acquaintance with the primum mobile, and understand what sort of a personage it was, who gave the witches, in exchange for their souls, the power to torment their fellow-creatures. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. The Essays of Francis Bacon The truth is, that in these days the grand "primum mobile" of England is cant; cant political, cant poetical, cant religious, cant moral; but always cant, multiplied through all the varieties of life. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals The ninth was the primum mobile, and inclosing all was the tenth heaven—the Empyrean. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom A less impracticable subject for excitement,--the primum mobile of all American patriotism and activity, if we are to believe the theories of the times,--could not be found, than this gentleman. Homeward Bound or, the Chase This is the primum mobile of his poetic world, whence everything is to receive life and motion. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 But he bridges it by falling back on his infinitessimal whirligig--his primum mobile--or on the motions of elements as yet inaccessible, except to the eye of imagination. Life: Its True Genesis The courage of this counsellor, who was a noble and deputy of the noblesse, may be considered as the primum mobile of the revolution. Paris as It Was and as It Is The Propaganda is, of course, the primum mobile of the system, set agoing by Satan himself. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain No, I of only I want you to tell us what was the primum mobile in the matter. Three Comedies His life is upright, for he is always looking upward, yet dares believe nothing above primum mobile, for 'tis out of the reach of his Jacob's staff. Character Writings of the 17th Century In thirty lines his patron is a river, the primum mobile, a pilot, a victim, the sun, any thing and nothing. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III "The primum mobile of the new system was Motion, in distinction from the Rest which marked the old monastic retreats." Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages This is the effect of no occupation—the primum mobile of the Indian prince's kite-flying and all the puerilities of the pompous East. First Footsteps in East Africa In ev'ry situation they are sweet, I've often said, and now the same repeat: The primum mobile of human kind, Are gold and silver, through the world we find. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete The sphere which approaches most nearly to it is called the primum mobile. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages The primum mobile of his gravitation was apparently the equatorial telescope which she had given him, and which he was carefully adjusting by means of screws and clamps. Two on a Tower If I could put that something else into distinct words I should therein attain the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, the primum mobile, the grand arcanum, not merely of criticism but of all things. The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix Only that the ocean follows the primum mobile of the heavens, and flows forever from east to west. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth The cosmological notion of the mind as the primum mobile, and the admission of impulse into the immortal nature, also afford grounds for assigning a later date. Phaedrus "The primum mobile of the new system was Motion, in distinction from the rest which marked the old monastic retreats." Beacon Lights of History According to our Poet's system, there are ten heavens; the seven planets, the eighth spheres containing the fixed stars, the primum mobile, and the empyrean. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete |
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