| Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 470 pages
...beautiful spheroidal drops, and as a poet has expressed himself of the tear that flows down the cheek — " That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle...preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets iu their course." Mr. W. here exhibited several experiments in illustration of attraction of cohesion,... | |
| William Henry C. Grey - 1835 - 592 pages
...of interests established by man, in direct hostility with the proclaimed law of God :— The sacred law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from...That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides all nature in her course ! session of landed property; the moral and physical advantages of which,... | |
| 1836 - 514 pages
...or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age; Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page....planets in their course. TO A VOICE THAT HAD BEEN LOST.5 Vane, quid affectai faciera mini poneré, pictor 7 Aërii et lingua; turn filia ; Et, li vil... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1836 - 430 pages
...gravitation, of which it has been beautifully said,— " The very law which moulds a tear, And makes it trickle from its source, That law preserves the...sphere, And guides the planets in their course."* The globular figure of the earth, which is the result of this law, and which may easily be shown to... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...or pity, joy or grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st e, a zccchino, Unconsciously, LOST.t Vane, quid afectas faciera mlhl poneré, pictor t A6ris et lingua gum filia ; Et, si vis siniilem... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...pity, joy or grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime — in every age ; Thou charm' st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page....sphere. And guides the planets in their course. TO AN OLD OAE. ROUND thee, alas ! no shadows move, — From thee no sacred murmurs breathe ! Yet within... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime — in every age ; Thou charm" st in faney's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very...sphere, And guides the planets in their course. TO AN OLD OAK. ROUND thee, alas ! no shadows move, — From thee no sacred murmurs breathe ! Yet within... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...'st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very laws which moulds a tear, And hids # ! qE d , D), d@ R q @ xMr F2. Y V x e[ e RG t Ҏ$ I8 e sa L [ m #C B d" n k@v y' vy? r B t LOST.t Vane, quid affectas facieimnthi ponere, pictor I Adris et linguae sum film; Et, si via aimiicm... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...pity, joy or grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime — in every age ; Thou charm'st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page....moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, TO AN OLD OAK. ROUND thee, alas ! no shadows move, — From thee no sacred murmurs hreathe ! Yet within... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 pages
...be spherical. 143 This fact has been beautifully illustrated by a modern poet — " That self-same law which moulds a tear. And bids it trickle from...That law preserves the earth a sphere. And guides the plauets In their course." The mutual attraction between the planets and the sun keeps them from flying... | |
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