An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pages |
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... Observed D Base - line Values and Values Adopted for Same Dates . ( 13 ° East plus tabular minutes ) Date No. of No. Observed Adopted Date Sets of Sets Observed Adopted Date No. of Observed Adopted Sets 1931 Jan. 1931 1 1 1932 T 1 Feb ...
... Observed D Base - line Values and Values Adopted for Same Dates . ( 13 ° East plus tabular minutes ) Date No. of No. Observed Adopted Date Sets of Sets Observed Adopted Date No. of Observed Adopted Sets 1931 Jan. 1931 1 1 1932 T 1 Feb ...
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... observed above and below on the same day ) , the just number is not completed . The other stars observed are principally : Stars remaining from the lists of former years , consisting chiefly of Stars compared with Comets observed with ...
... observed above and below on the same day ) , the just number is not completed . The other stars observed are principally : Stars remaining from the lists of former years , consisting chiefly of Stars compared with Comets observed with ...
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... Observed Transit ... ... Mean R.A. } for 12m read 13m 1096 B.A.C. ..... ... 18 Observed Transit 21m 26m ... ... Mean R.A. 20m B Columbæ .... € Orionis B Columbæ .... 4845 B.A.C ...... D 2d L .......... 5579 B.A.C. 110 Herculis ...
... Observed Transit ... ... Mean R.A. } for 12m read 13m 1096 B.A.C. ..... ... 18 Observed Transit 21m 26m ... ... Mean R.A. 20m B Columbæ .... € Orionis B Columbæ .... 4845 B.A.C ...... D 2d L .......... 5579 B.A.C. 110 Herculis ...
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... observed . When , as not unfrequently happens , the times of transit across all the wires cannot be observed , a correction is necessary for reducing the mean of the observed times to the time of transit over the mean of all the wires ...
... observed . When , as not unfrequently happens , the times of transit across all the wires cannot be observed , a correction is necessary for reducing the mean of the observed times to the time of transit over the mean of all the wires ...
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... observed in the year 1843 , with the Greenwich Mean Solar Times of transit of centre . The concluded Right ... observed , ' and that the concluded R.A. of centre is the mean of the observed R.A. of the Limbs . When one Limb of the Sun is ...
... observed in the year 1843 , with the Greenwich Mean Solar Times of transit of centre . The concluded Right ... observed , ' and that the concluded R.A. of centre is the mean of the observed R.A. of the Limbs . When one Limb of the Sun is ...
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Page 145 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 36 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 134 - Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th...
Page 7 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Page 231 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Page 315 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 219 - water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
Page 220 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Page 390 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 223 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.