The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Band 61A. Constable, 1835 |
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... miles beyond the orbit of Saturn ! In the successive appearances of the Comet subsequent to 1456 , it was found to have gradually decreased in magnitude and splendour . Whilst in 1456 it occupied two - thirds of the firmament and spread ...
... miles beyond the orbit of Saturn ! In the successive appearances of the Comet subsequent to 1456 , it was found to have gradually decreased in magnitude and splendour . Whilst in 1456 it occupied two - thirds of the firmament and spread ...
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... miles ; the comet's least distance then will be fifty millions of miles , and its greatest distance three thousand five hundred and fifty millions of miles . Also , since the heat and light supplied by the sun to bodies which surround ...
... miles ; the comet's least distance then will be fifty millions of miles , and its greatest distance three thousand five hundred and fifty millions of miles . Also , since the heat and light supplied by the sun to bodies which surround ...
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... sun the dis- tance of the comet is about thirty - four millions of miles , which is about the distance of the planet Mercury . When most remote from the sun , its distance is about four hundred 1835 . 103 The Approaching Comet .
... sun the dis- tance of the comet is about thirty - four millions of miles , which is about the distance of the planet Mercury . When most remote from the sun , its distance is about four hundred 1835 . 103 The Approaching Comet .
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... miles , which is nearly four and a half times the earth's distance , and is little less than the distance of Jupiter . The orbit is inclined to that of the earth at nearly thirteen degrees . This comet may be considered as a planet ...
... miles , which is nearly four and a half times the earth's distance , and is little less than the distance of Jupiter . The orbit is inclined to that of the earth at nearly thirteen degrees . This comet may be considered as a planet ...
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... miles beyond the extreme verge of the solar system ; and , notwithstanding disturb ances which render each succeeding period of its return diferent from the last , to foretell that return with precision . By far the greater number of ...
... miles beyond the extreme verge of the solar system ; and , notwithstanding disturb ances which render each succeeding period of its return diferent from the last , to foretell that return with precision . By far the greater number of ...
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Seite 482 - Amen ; so let it be : Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Seite 298 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Seite 340 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Seite 483 - Beside all waters sow, The highway furrows stock, Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, Scatter it on the rock.
Seite 29 - Murray's Encyclopaedia of Geography ; Comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.— The Closing Scene; or, Christianity and Infidelity contrasted in the Last Hours of Remarkable Persons.
Seite 316 - Westminster, do resolve that William and Mary, Prince and Princess of Orange be, and be declared King and Queen of England...
Seite 483 - Thou canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, Shall foster and mature the grain For garners in the sky.
Seite 34 - Thy flitting form comes ghostly dim and pale, As driven by a beating storm at sea ; Thy cry is weak and scared, As if thy mates had shared The doom of us : Thy wail — What does it bring to me...
Seite 31 - TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end.
Seite 1 - THE HISTORY of ENGLAND during the MIDDLE AGES; comprising the Reigns from William the Conqueror to the Accession of Henry VIII., and also the History of the Literature, Religion, Poetry, and Progress of the Reformation and of the Language during that period. 3d Edition. 5 vols.