Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper., 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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... conjunction with , or more or less remote from , some well known star that may have befriended many a mariner , then instantly every youthful as well as experienced hand is plying the sextant , and the ship's place is determined by the ...
... conjunction with , or more or less remote from , some well known star that may have befriended many a mariner , then instantly every youthful as well as experienced hand is plying the sextant , and the ship's place is determined by the ...
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... the proportions of the Ring : January 1st . - Transverse axis = 1.000 Conjugate axis = −0.267 Conjunctions of the Moon with the Planets and Stars . I 3 IN JANUARY , 1830 . 89 Table of the Moon's Passage over the First ...
... the proportions of the Ring : January 1st . - Transverse axis = 1.000 Conjugate axis = −0.267 Conjunctions of the Moon with the Planets and Stars . I 3 IN JANUARY , 1830 . 89 Table of the Moon's Passage over the First ...
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... conjunction with Uranus at 6 in the evening of the 13th of this month . Uranus in conjunction with the Sun at 7 in the evening of the 26th . Mercury will be at his greatest elongation the 27th day , when , should the atmosphere prove ...
... conjunction with Uranus at 6 in the evening of the 13th of this month . Uranus in conjunction with the Sun at 7 in the evening of the 26th . Mercury will be at his greatest elongation the 27th day , when , should the atmosphere prove ...
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... conjunction at 36 m . after 4 in the morn- ing , in longitude 11 , signs 4 ° 71 ' ; Moon's latitude 1 ° 23 ' N. LUNAR PHENOMENA . Full Moon Phases of the Moon . 7th day at 42 m . past 7 in the evening . Last Quarter 16th New Moon 28 ...
... conjunction at 36 m . after 4 in the morn- ing , in longitude 11 , signs 4 ° 71 ' ; Moon's latitude 1 ° 23 ' N. LUNAR PHENOMENA . Full Moon Phases of the Moon . 7th day at 42 m . past 7 in the evening . Last Quarter 16th New Moon 28 ...
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... Conjunction of the Moon with the Planets and Stars . 3 4 Feb. 2nd , with y in Taurus , at 2 in the morn . .... 2nd , 1 Taurus 2nd , 2 & Taurus 2nd , Aldebaran . 7th , 21st , 29th , 29th , .. .. & in Leo Mercury y in Taurus . 9 9 in the ...
... Conjunction of the Moon with the Planets and Stars . 3 4 Feb. 2nd , with y in Taurus , at 2 in the morn . .... 2nd , 1 Taurus 2nd , 2 & Taurus 2nd , Aldebaran . 7th , 21st , 29th , 29th , .. .. & in Leo Mercury y in Taurus . 9 9 in the ...
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ÆTAT afterwards Aldebaran ancient aphelion apostle appear appulse Aquarius asteroids Astronomical Astronomical Occurrences beams beautiful beneath bird bishop bloom body born bright burning called Capricornus celebrated charms Christian church clouds comet conjunction custom dark death delight died Dioclesian disc dream earth East Friesland eclipse feast festival fire flowers fourth of June friends garden gloom heart heaven honor hour inferior conjunction Jupiter king lady light Lord Mercury meridian month Moon morning nature night o'er observed occulted orbit pass Phases of Venus planet Pleiad poet Pope queen rises Roman Rome rose round Saint Saint Patrick sarpint Satellite Saturn says season seen shine sing smile solar song soul spot spring star summer Sun's Sunday sweet Taurus thee thou tion tomb tree Uranus Venus vernal equinox Wassel wind wing winter wood young
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Page 323 - Come to the bridal chamber, death ! Come to the mother when she feels For the first time her firstborn's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke...
Page 306 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 323 - Joy of her young years, Thinks of thy fate and checks her tears. And she, the mother of thy boys. Though in her eye and faded cheek Is read the grief she will not speak, The memory of her buried Joys, And even she who gave thee birth, Will by their pilgrim-circled hearth Talk of thy doom without a sigh: For thou art freedom's now and fame's, One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die.
Page 208 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we, see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine! When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, Those hues, that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord! are thine.
Page 54 - Anon his heart revives: her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees: Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St.
Page 186 - Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Page 60 - In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
Page 60 - ... have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object either of abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Page 53 - St Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith...
Page 73 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !