A compendium of ancient and modern geographyE. Williams, 1831 - 80 էջ |
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... hence it is called Astronomy , from two Greek words ( orpov astrum and vóuos lex ) denoting the knowledge of the laws of the stars or heavenly bodies . Again the Almighty spake , " Let there be lights High in the expanse of heaven , to ...
... hence it is called Astronomy , from two Greek words ( orpov astrum and vóuos lex ) denoting the knowledge of the laws of the stars or heavenly bodies . Again the Almighty spake , " Let there be lights High in the expanse of heaven , to ...
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... hence , whenever the latter comes between the Sun and any one of them so as to hinder the rays of the sun from falling on it , that satellite suffers an eclipse ; and , on the other hand , whenever any of these satellites passes between ...
... hence , whenever the latter comes between the Sun and any one of them so as to hinder the rays of the sun from falling on it , that satellite suffers an eclipse ; and , on the other hand , whenever any of these satellites passes between ...
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... hence the fixed stars , which , owing to their immense distance , have always a twink- ling appearance , may be readily distinguished from them . 16. Some of the ancients appear to have entertained very just notions concerning the ...
... hence the fixed stars , which , owing to their immense distance , have always a twink- ling appearance , may be readily distinguished from them . 16. Some of the ancients appear to have entertained very just notions concerning the ...
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... hence the whole tract is styled the Zodiack , and the figures themselves are called the Signs of the Zodiack . The names of these Signs are Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Scorpio , Sagittarius , Capricornus ...
... hence the whole tract is styled the Zodiack , and the figures themselves are called the Signs of the Zodiack . The names of these Signs are Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Scorpio , Sagittarius , Capricornus ...
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... hence , from there having been Signs pointing out the times and seasons of the year , that they came to be considered as the causes of heat and cold , dryness and moisture , and as having dominion not only over the inanimate creation ...
... hence , from there having been Signs pointing out the times and seasons of the year , that they came to be considered as the causes of heat and cold , dryness and moisture , and as having dominion not only over the inanimate creation ...
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A Compendium of Ancient and Modern Geography: For the Use of Eton School Aaron Arrowsmith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1839 |
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Էջ 17 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Էջ 498 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Էջ 567 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Էջ 73 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus, By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Էջ 2 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Էջ 516 - First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol.
Էջ xxii - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Էջ 2 - The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails.
Էջ 561 - Etrurian shades, High overarched, embower; or scattered sedge Afloat, when with fierce winds Orion armed Hath vexed the Red-Sea coast, whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and his Memphian chivalry...
Էջ 6 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...