 | 1798 - 542 pages
...to mean the child of the Goddess ADITI ; but the most wonderful passage on the theory of attraction occurs in the charming allegorical poem of SHI'RI'N...its summit, from fire to air, from water " to earth, from all below the Moon to all above "the celestial spheres; and thou wilt not find a "corpuscle destitute... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1807 - 504 pages
...religious and poetical fire. The whole passage appears to me so curious, that I make no apology tor giving you a faithful translation of it : " There...atom, and attracts the minutest particle to " some particular object. Search this universe from " its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - 416 pages
...charming allegorical poem of Shirin and Ferhad, or the divine spirit, and a human soul disinterestcdly pious ; a work which from the first verse to the last,...its summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon, to all above the celestial spheres, and thou wilt not find a corpuscle destitute... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - 758 pages
...religious and poetical fire. The whole passage appears to me so curious, that I make no apology for gi\ing you a faithful translation of it: — ' There is a...its summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon, to all above the celestial spheres, and thou wilt not find a corpuscle destitute... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1826 - 878 pages
...the following is the chief passage in the writings of the Hindus on which he builds his opinion. " There is a strong propensity which dances through...every atom, and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object; search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water to... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1827 - 614 pages
...attraction), Sir W. Jones bas adduced, from an ancient allegorical poem, the following curious passage: — " There is a strong propensity which dances through...peculiar object; search this universe from its base to it* summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon to all above the celestial... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...Sir William Jones, from the poem of Shirin and Ferhad : ' there is,' says the author of that poem, ' a strong propensity which dances through every atom...attracts the minutest particle to some peculiar object ; from such propensity arises every motion perceived in heavenly or terrestrial bodies. It is a disposition... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1856 - 340 pages
...the poem of Shi'ri'n and Ferha'd ; or the Divine Spirit and a Human Soul Disinterestedly Pious.\ " There is a strong propensity which dances through...its summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon to all above the celestial spheres, and thou wilt not find a corpuscle destitute... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1865 - 858 pages
...law of universal gravitation, the discovery of which constitutes Newton's greatest title to glory. " There is a strong propensity which dances through...every atom and attracts the minutest particle to some particular object ; search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1867 - 336 pages
...poem of " Shi'ri'n and Ferha'd," or " the Divine Spirit and a Human Soul Disinterestedly Pious." " There is a strong propensity which dances through...its summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon to all above the celestial spheres, and thou wilt not find a corpuscle destitute... | |
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There is a strong propensity which dances through every atom, and attracts the minutest particle to some peculiar object ; search this universe from its base to its summit, from fire to air, from water to earth, from all below the moon to all above the... 
