Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 5American Academy of Arts and Sciences., 1862 - Humanities |
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Page 260 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Page 259 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 453 - Astronomical Observations made at the Observatory of Cambridge by the Rev. JAMES CHALLIS, MA, FRS, FRAS, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College.
Page 301 - ... (Translation of the) : A Text-book of Hindu Astronomy, with Notes and an Appendix, containing additional Notes and Tables, Calculations of Eclipses, a Stellar Map, and Indexes. By Rev. EBENEZER BURGESS, formerly Missionary of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions in India ; assisted by the Committee of Publication of the American Oriental Society. 8vo. pp.
Page 43 - Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Palaeozoic Rocks of the Western States.
Page 124 - Characters of new or obscure species of plants of monopetalous orders in the collection of the United States South Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captain Wilkes, USN With occasional remarks, &c. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Page 301 - SURYA-SIDDHANTA (Translation of the): A Text-book of Hindu Astronomy, with Notes and an Appendix, containing additional Notes and Tables, Calculations of Eclipses, a Stellar Map, and Indexes. By WD WHITNEY.