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מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 25
עמוד 49
... pass over the hills and val- lies , depriving those spectators which it reaches of the light of the Sun that others are enjoying ; this is the exact image of a total eclipse of the Sun. A profound night , which , under favourable ...
... pass over the hills and val- lies , depriving those spectators which it reaches of the light of the Sun that others are enjoying ; this is the exact image of a total eclipse of the Sun. A profound night , which , under favourable ...
עמוד 53
... pass . One of these nodes Dr. Olbers found to be in Virgo , and the other in the Whale ; and it was actually in the latter of these re- gions that Mr. Harding discovered the planet Juno . With the intention , therefore , of detecting ...
... pass . One of these nodes Dr. Olbers found to be in Virgo , and the other in the Whale ; and it was actually in the latter of these re- gions that Mr. Harding discovered the planet Juno . With the intention , therefore , of detecting ...
עמוד 89
... pass over the meridian in equal times ; and so , of course , would any equal portions of the ecliptic , provided it were parallel to , or coincident with , the equator . But as this is not the case , the daily motion of the Earth upon ...
... pass over the meridian in equal times ; and so , of course , would any equal portions of the ecliptic , provided it were parallel to , or coincident with , the equator . But as this is not the case , the daily motion of the Earth upon ...
עמוד 98
... pass through every sign and degree of the ecliptic in 18 years , 224 days , and about 3 hours . A daily motion of about 3 minutes and 11 seconds backward , will occasion the succession of the same eclipses to recede backward also , in ...
... pass through every sign and degree of the ecliptic in 18 years , 224 days , and about 3 hours . A daily motion of about 3 minutes and 11 seconds backward , will occasion the succession of the same eclipses to recede backward also , in ...
עמוד 143
... pass over 2 x 8 , 29m south . The greatest elongation of Mercury , will be on the 30th , and the inferior conjunction at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 2nd . At 6 in the morning of the 20th , the planet Sa- turn will be in its ...
... pass over 2 x 8 , 29m south . The greatest elongation of Mercury , will be on the 30th , and the inferior conjunction at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 2nd . At 6 in the morning of the 20th , the planet Sa- turn will be in its ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
afflicted angle appears Aquarius Aries ascendant aspect astrology astronomers axis benefic benefic planet Biquintile birth brown Cancer Capricorn cause Clock D's D's colour Comet complexion configurations D's D's h's d's Q's declin declin degrees diameter direction disposition distance diurnal motion dominical letter dominion Earth ecliptic Editor equator evil favourable fixed stars fortune Gemini GEORGIAN hair Herschel hyleg influence Jupiter Latitude Libra light longit longit Longitude lord luminaries malefic Mars Mercury meridian midheaven miles mind minutes Monthly Correspondent Moon Moon's motion mundane nativity nature node O's Clock D's O's O's Clock observed opinion opposite orbit orbs person Pisces place of sh's planets position Ptolemy Q's latit Q's ŏ's quartile rays respect RICHARD SAVAGE right ascension round s h's Sagittarius Saturn Savage Scorpio sesquiquadrate sextile shew signs solar Sun's Taurus tion trine triplicity truth Venus Virgo Zodiac
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 373 - See here thy pictur'd life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
עמוד 365 - Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man...
עמוד 354 - Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
עמוד 41 - Savage did not exempt him; or those, who, in confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, shall be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
עמוד 371 - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
עמוד 221 - ... of these receptacles, walked about the streets till he was weary, and lay down in the summer upon a bulk, or in the winter, with his associates in poverty, among the ashes of a glass-house.
עמוד 365 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die...
עמוד 187 - Lord Tyrconnel, whatever were his motives, upon his promise to lay aside his design of exposing the cruelty of his mother, received him into his family, treated him as his equal, and engaged to allow him a pension of two hundred pounds a year.
עמוד 40 - Such were the life and death of Richard Savage, a man equally distinguished by his virtues and vices, and at once remarkable for his weaknesses and abilities.
עמוד 221 - Wanderer, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.