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... according to Eudoxus , and to relieve the dull monotony of a mere catalogue of constellations and stars by poetical language : in other words , to deck the stiff formal limbs of Urania in the graceful flowing robes of Calliope * . And ...
... according to Eudoxus , and to relieve the dull monotony of a mere catalogue of constellations and stars by poetical language : in other words , to deck the stiff formal limbs of Urania in the graceful flowing robes of Calliope * . And ...
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... according to Hipparchus , near the left foot of Perseus . 16. LYRA , Or VULTUR CADENS . THE LYRE . This constellation contains the splendid star VEGA . 17. CYGNUS . THE SWAN . A bird with expanded wings , and outstretched neck . 18 . 19 ...
... according to Hipparchus , near the left foot of Perseus . 16. LYRA , Or VULTUR CADENS . THE LYRE . This constellation contains the splendid star VEGA . 17. CYGNUS . THE SWAN . A bird with expanded wings , and outstretched neck . 18 . 19 ...
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... according to some in Leo , now forms another con- stellation , CоMA BERENICES . 7. CHELE . THE CLAWS . The foreclaws of Scorpio . 8. SCORPIO . THE SCORPION . On the sphere of Eudoxus the foreclaws of the Scorpion constitute the seventh ...
... according to some in Leo , now forms another con- stellation , CоMA BERENICES . 7. CHELE . THE CLAWS . The foreclaws of Scorpio . 8. SCORPIO . THE SCORPION . On the sphere of Eudoxus the foreclaws of the Scorpion constitute the seventh ...
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... according to Aratus , 52 ° north , corresponding with the latitude of Athens 38 ° . It may here be remarked that Aratus uses the words ocean and sea as synonymous to the hori- zon . Virgil imitates Aratus in his description of the ...
... according to Aratus , 52 ° north , corresponding with the latitude of Athens 38 ° . It may here be remarked that Aratus uses the words ocean and sea as synonymous to the hori- zon . Virgil imitates Aratus in his description of the ...
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... According to Aratus he is in a kneeling position : his foot rests upon the head of Draco : he lifts his arms above the Lyre : his head reaches the head of Serpentarius , and he knows no rest ; his rising in the east commencing ...
... According to Aratus he is in a kneeling position : his foot rests upon the head of Draco : he lifts his arms above the Lyre : his head reaches the head of Serpentarius , and he knows no rest ; his rising in the east commencing ...
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ancient Andromeda Antigonus Aquarius Aratus Arcturus astronomers Auriga Avienus Bear Beneath breast bright star Bull Cancer Capricorn Cassiopeia celestial sphere Cepheus Cetus Cicero circle CLAWS clouds cœlum constellation crown Cynosyra Cynthia's Delphinus DIOSEMEIA earth east ecliptic ENGONASIN Eudoxus fable face figure gems Germanicus glittering golden head heaven heavenly Helice Hence Homer horizon Hyades Hyginus Jove Jupiter Kesil Kimah limbs Lyre Manillius mark Mazzaroth mortals night northern o'er ocean Ololygo Orion outstretch'd Ovid Perseus PHATNE Phenician plac'd Pleiades poet pole Procyon prognostics quæ quod rain rays rising round sailors Scholiast Scorpio Serpentarius shine shoulder sidera signs Sirius skies small stars southern starry tail thou wave wind wings Zodiac ἀπὸ Αὐτὰρ αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ γὰρ δὲ δύο εἰς ἐν ἐπὶ ἐστιν καὶ κυλίνδεται μὲν νυκτὸς ὁ δὲ οἱ οὐ περ τὰ τε καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῶν ὑπὸ ὡς
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Page 31 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 91 - Nobilem : quorum simul alba nautis Stella refulsit, Defluit saxis agitatus humor, Concidunt venti, fugiuntque nubes, 30 Et minax, quod sic voluere, ponto Unda recumbit.
Page 19 - And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Page 14 - The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team; And great Orion's more refulgent beam; To which, around the axle of the sky, The Bear, revolving, points his golden eye, Still shines exalted on th' ethereal plain, Nor bathes his blazing forehead in the main.
Page 66 - ... it to the sky, Loud Notus with his blustering gale is nigh. When the fourth day around her orb is spread A circling ring of deep and murky red, Soon from his cave the God of Storms will rise, Dashing with foamy waves the lowering skies. And when fair Cynthia her full orb displays, Or when unveiled to sight are half her rays, Then mark the various hues that paint her face, And thus the fickle weather's changes trace. If smile her pearly face benign and fair, Calm and serene will breathe the balmy...
Page 65 - If three days old her face be bright and clear, No rain or stormy gale the sailors fear; But if she rise with bright and blushing cheek, The blustering winds the bending mast will shake. If dull her face and blunt her horns appear, On the fourth day a breeze or rain is near. If on the third she move with horns direct, Not pointing downward or to heaven erect, The western wind expect; and drenching rain, If on the fourth her horns direct remain. If to -the earth her...
Page 31 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Page 33 - Jove fills the heaven, the earth, the sea, the air ; We feel his spirit moving here and everywhere. And we his offspring are. He, ever good, Daily provides for man his daily food ; Ordains the seasons by his signs on high, Studding with gems of light the azure canopy. What time with plough and spade to break the soil That plenteous stores may bless the reaper's toil, What time to plant and prune the vine, he shows, And hangs the purple cluster on its boughs. To Him — the First, the Last — all...
Page 70 - ... little star. Though not conspicuous, yet these two are famed — The Onoi by ancient sages named. If when the sky around be bright and clear, Sudden from sight the Phatne disappear, And the two Onoi north and south are seen Ready to meet — no obstacle between — The welkin soon will blacken with rain, And torrents rush along the thirsty plain. If black the Phatne, and the Onoi clear, Sure sign again that drenching showers are near. And if the northern star be lost to sight, While still the...
Page 98 - Perseus et semet caelo iaculatur in hostem Gorgoneo tinctum defigens sanguine ferrum. ilia subit contra versamque a gurgite frontem erigit et tortis innitens orbibus alte emicat ac toto sublimis corpore fertur. sed, quantum ilia subit, semper, iaculata profundo, in tantum revolat laxumque per aethera ludit Perseus et ceti subeuntis verberat ora.