Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 97Pub. for J. Hinton., 1795 |
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... SUN and FIXED. ir ; but in the way home , to her great mortification , he unriddled the jeft , by acquainting her with what he had , done the preceding day . Holbein , who came to England in 1526 , was first patronized by fir Thomas More ...
... SUN and FIXED. ir ; but in the way home , to her great mortification , he unriddled the jeft , by acquainting her with what he had , done the preceding day . Holbein , who came to England in 1526 , was first patronized by fir Thomas More ...
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On the NATURE and CONSTRUCTION of the SUN and FIXED STARS . By William Herfchel , LL . D. F. R. S. [ Read at the Royal Society , December 18 , 1794. ] A MONG the celeftial bodies the fun is certainly the firft which ... SUN and FIXED ...
On the NATURE and CONSTRUCTION of the SUN and FIXED STARS . By William Herfchel , LL . D. F. R. S. [ Read at the Royal Society , December 18 , 1794. ] A MONG the celeftial bodies the fun is certainly the firft which ... SUN and FIXED ...
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... truly wonderful , if it had not been eclipfed by various excellencies of a fuperior kind . His skill was fo great , that he was equally acquainted with On the NATURE and CONSTRUCTION of the SUN and FIXED 98 THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE.
... truly wonderful , if it had not been eclipfed by various excellencies of a fuperior kind . His skill was fo great , that he was equally acquainted with On the NATURE and CONSTRUCTION of the SUN and FIXED 98 THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE.
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On the NATURE and CONSTRUCTION of the SUN and FIXED STARS . By William Herfchel , LL . D. F. R. S. IT will now be eafy to bring the result of these observations into a very narrow compafs . That the fun has a very extenfive atmosphere ...
On the NATURE and CONSTRUCTION of the SUN and FIXED STARS . By William Herfchel , LL . D. F. R. S. IT will now be eafy to bring the result of these observations into a very narrow compafs . That the fun has a very extenfive atmosphere ...
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... Sun recalls his fervid ray , And cold and dim the wathy vifions fail ; While o'er yon cliff , whole pointed crags decay , Mild Evening draws her thin empurpl'd veil . How fweet that ftrain of melancholy horn That floats along the flowly ...
... Sun recalls his fervid ray , And cold and dim the wathy vifions fail ; While o'er yon cliff , whole pointed crags decay , Mild Evening draws her thin empurpl'd veil . How fweet that ftrain of melancholy horn That floats along the flowly ...
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