Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the AlmanackSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1818 |
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... comet , subject to such alternate extremes of heat and cold , that its matter , being sometimes liquefied , and sometimes frozen , was in the form of a chaos , or an abyss surrounded with utter darkness . This chaos was the atmosphere ...
... comet , subject to such alternate extremes of heat and cold , that its matter , being sometimes liquefied , and sometimes frozen , was in the form of a chaos , or an abyss surrounded with utter darkness . This chaos was the atmosphere ...
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... , it pleased God to testify his displeasure against sin , by bringing a flood upon a guilty world . The flood was produced , as this theorist supposed , in the fol- lowing manner : —A comet , descending in the plane OUTLINES OF GEOLOGY .
... , it pleased God to testify his displeasure against sin , by bringing a flood upon a guilty world . The flood was produced , as this theorist supposed , in the fol- lowing manner : —A comet , descending in the plane OUTLINES OF GEOLOGY .
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... comet , while it passed so near the earth as to produce these effects by the force of attraction , also involved our globe in its atmosphere and tail for a considera- ble time , and deposited vast quantities of vapours on its surface ...
... comet , while it passed so near the earth as to produce these effects by the force of attraction , also involved our globe in its atmosphere and tail for a considera- ble time , and deposited vast quantities of vapours on its surface ...
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... comet falling into the body of the sun with great force , struck from its surface a large mass of liquid fire . The comet communicated to this fragment , thus driven off from the sun , a violent impulsive force , which it still retains ...
... comet falling into the body of the sun with great force , struck from its surface a large mass of liquid fire . The comet communicated to this fragment , thus driven off from the sun , a violent impulsive force , which it still retains ...
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... Comet , by Saturnia sent , To fright the nations with a dire portent ; A fatal sign to armies on the plain , Or trembling sailors on the wat'ry main . Milton , Young , and Savage , all speak of comets being regarded in this light ; and ...
... Comet , by Saturnia sent , To fright the nations with a dire portent ; A fatal sign to armies on the plain , Or trembling sailors on the wat'ry main . Milton , Young , and Savage , all speak of comets being regarded in this light ; and ...
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1st Satellite aberration aberration of light afterwards animals antient aphelion appear ascertained astronomers Astronomical Occurrences beautiful birds Bishop bodies called celebrated centre Ceres Christian church colour comet conjunction died disc diurnal motion Eclipses of Jupiter's equal equator festival fieldfare flowers globe gold grass greatest heavier than water honour inclination insects Jupiter Jupiter Saturn Uranus king last volume law of Kepler light longitude mean distance Mercury Venus meridian metals mineral month Moon morning motion mountains Naturalist's Diary nature nearly night node o'er observations orbit parallax pass passage perihelion phenomena planet planetary Planetary Orbits present reign remarkable right ascension ring Rising and Setting rocks round SAINT Saturn Saxons season seen sidereal revolutions spring star strata Sun's Sunday superior conjunction sweet thee thou Time's Telescope tion transits of Venus trees Uranus vegetable Venus The Earth Vesta winter young
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Página 136 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Página 293 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 238 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Página 256 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 239 - Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass, herb yielding seed, And fruit-tree yielding fruit after her kind; Whose seed is in herself upon the earth.
Página 2 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Página 47 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Página 180 - With quicken'd step, Brown Night retires : young Day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn. Blue, through the dusk, the smoking currents shine ; And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps, awkward : while along the forest glade The wild deer trip, and, often turning, gaze At early passenger. Music awakes The native voice of undissembled joy; And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
Página 136 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 136 - Crown'd with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings ; The whistling ploughman stalks afield ; and, hark ! Down the rough slope the ponderous...