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... Planets , or the changeful Moon ; Whether the elements in mildest form , Or in the horrors of the roaring storm ; In all , the Almighty Architect we mark , Clear , though mysterious , luminous , though dark ! If contemplation of the ...
... Planets , or the changeful Moon ; Whether the elements in mildest form , Or in the horrors of the roaring storm ; In all , the Almighty Architect we mark , Clear , though mysterious , luminous , though dark ! If contemplation of the ...
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... Planets and this earthly ball ? No tactile intercourse from pole to pole Between the ambient and the human soul ? No ... planet , when viewed through a good telescope , makes a more remarkable appearance than any of the other celestial ...
... Planets and this earthly ball ? No tactile intercourse from pole to pole Between the ambient and the human soul ? No ... planet , when viewed through a good telescope , makes a more remarkable appearance than any of the other celestial ...
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... planet : that is , once in about fifteen years , and he sometimes appears quite round for nine months together . At other times , the distance between the body of the planet and the ring is very perceptible , so much so , that a star ...
... planet : that is , once in about fifteen years , and he sometimes appears quite round for nine months together . At other times , the distance between the body of the planet and the ring is very perceptible , so much so , that a star ...
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... planet . The light of the ring is also generally brighter than that of the planet ; for the ring appears sufficiently bright when the telescope affords scarcely light enough for Saturn . The Doctor concludes , that the edge of the ring ...
... planet . The light of the ring is also generally brighter than that of the planet ; for the ring appears sufficiently bright when the telescope affords scarcely light enough for Saturn . The Doctor concludes , that the edge of the ring ...
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... planet nearly parallel to the equator . + The orbits of all these satellites , except the fifth , are nearly in the same plane , which makes an angle with the plane of Saturn's orbit of about 31 ° , and by reason of their being inclined ...
... planet nearly parallel to the equator . + The orbits of all these satellites , except the fifth , are nearly in the same plane , which makes an angle with the plane of Saturn's orbit of about 31 ° , and by reason of their being inclined ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.