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... Space , Locality of the Solar System , Contents of the Solar System , Aerolites , Zodiacal Light , Translatory Motion of the Solar System , Fixed Stars , Centres of Systems , The Unseen Creation , Illustration of the Galaxy ...
... Space , Locality of the Solar System , Contents of the Solar System , Aerolites , Zodiacal Light , Translatory Motion of the Solar System , Fixed Stars , Centres of Systems , The Unseen Creation , Illustration of the Galaxy ...
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... space , the greatest possible variety of impressions from the contemplation of Nature . Among the colossal mountains of Cundinamarca , 1 of Quito , and of Peru , fur- rowed by deep ravines , man is enabled to contemplate alike all the ...
... space , the greatest possible variety of impressions from the contemplation of Nature . Among the colossal mountains of Cundinamarca , 1 of Quito , and of Peru , fur- rowed by deep ravines , man is enabled to contemplate alike all the ...
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... space , we grasp eagerly at a knowledge of that which has been observed in different and far distant regions . We de- light in tracking the course of the bold mariner through seas of polar ice , or in following him to the summit of that ...
... space , we grasp eagerly at a knowledge of that which has been observed in different and far distant regions . We de- light in tracking the course of the bold mariner through seas of polar ice , or in following him to the summit of that ...
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... space . If , then , a picture of nature were to correspond to the requirements of contemplation by the senses , it ought to begin with a delineation of our native Earth . It should depict first the terrestrial planet as to its size and ...
... space . If , then , a picture of nature were to correspond to the requirements of contemplation by the senses , it ought to begin with a delineation of our native Earth . It should depict first the terrestrial planet as to its size and ...
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... space , and keep them in an admirable harmony ? Do we not see , and always with a secret aston- ishment , the magnetic needle agitated at the approach of a particle of iron , and leaping under the fire of the northern light ? Place any ...
... space , and keep them in an admirable harmony ? Do we not see , and always with a secret aston- ishment , the magnetic needle agitated at the approach of a particle of iron , and leaping under the fire of the northern light ? Place any ...
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Page 309 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 352 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 356 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 340 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 37 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 155 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth...
Page 358 - Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.
Page 340 - tis nobler in the mind, to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune ; Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? — To die, — to sleep, — No more ; and, by a sleep, to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, — 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die ; — to sleep : — To sleep ! perchance to dream : — ay, there's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this...
Page 333 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 332 - Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment; the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame.