Pitman's Popular Lecturer and Reader, Volume 9F. Pitman, 1864 |
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... star was precisely the same . The star was seen to pass the middle thread at the very minute , second , one hundred - thousandth part of a second , that it did when it set out . However , after a lengthened series of observations on the ...
... star was precisely the same . The star was seen to pass the middle thread at the very minute , second , one hundred - thousandth part of a second , that it did when it set out . However , after a lengthened series of observations on the ...
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... stars ; because , such is the enormous distance of these stars , that we find a difficulty in expressing them by numerals in common use . If we take for unit one , the length of the earth's orbit — that is , if we were to take ...
... stars ; because , such is the enormous distance of these stars , that we find a difficulty in expressing them by numerals in common use . If we take for unit one , the length of the earth's orbit — that is , if we were to take ...
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... stars , which abound in that portion of the heavens more than in any other . Wherever you turn the telescope , you find that the number of stars in that direction is enormous ; and for every star you see with the naked eye , you may see ...
... stars , which abound in that portion of the heavens more than in any other . Wherever you turn the telescope , you find that the number of stars in that direction is enormous ; and for every star you see with the naked eye , you may see ...
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... STARS . Mr. Molesworth commenced his second lecture by point- ing out the fact that not only were these apparently fixed stars in motion , but in rapid motion ; and then proceeded to consider the question of these motions . He said - We ...
... STARS . Mr. Molesworth commenced his second lecture by point- ing out the fact that not only were these apparently fixed stars in motion , but in rapid motion ; and then proceeded to consider the question of these motions . He said - We ...
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... stars , confirming this idea ? There are . The brightness of stars varies con- siderably . There are stars of the first magnitude which pass to the third magnitude ; then , after an interval , be- come stars of the first magnitude ; and ...
... stars , confirming this idea ? There are . The brightness of stars varies con- siderably . There are stars of the first magnitude which pass to the third magnitude ; then , after an interval , be- come stars of the first magnitude ; and ...
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Popular passages
Page 228 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 337 - I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers ; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers. I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows ; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses ; I linger by my shingly bars ; I loiter round my cresses ; And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 224 - Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me, Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills. Over the lakes and the plains, Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream, The Spirit he loves remains; And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile, Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
Page 224 - From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under ; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Page 24 - Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 118 - Ye Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe, And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 336 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles.
Page 261 - When, marshalled on the nightly plain, The glittering host bestud the sky, One Star alone, of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 169 - This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Page 121 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.