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... the source of light and heat . Miles . Its distance from the earth , 95,000,000 Its diameter , * 886,149 And it exceeds the earth in bulk 1,377,633 times . A NIGHT SCENE . Literally translated from Homer's Iliad , 28 SUMMER FLOWERS .
... the source of light and heat . Miles . Its distance from the earth , 95,000,000 Its diameter , * 886,149 And it exceeds the earth in bulk 1,377,633 times . A NIGHT SCENE . Literally translated from Homer's Iliad , 28 SUMMER FLOWERS .
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... The light from the full moon is 300,000 times less intense than that of the sun . Miles . Her distance from the earth about 240,000 Her diameter , 2,144 : } THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EARTH . The immense 32 SUMMER FLOWERS .
... The light from the full moon is 300,000 times less intense than that of the sun . Miles . Her distance from the earth about 240,000 Her diameter , 2,144 : } THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EARTH . The immense 32 SUMMER FLOWERS .
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... distance of forty miles cannot be distinctly perceived ; the only view which would be satisfac- tory , would be that which is compre- hended within the range of three or four miles from the spectator . Again . It has been already stated ...
... distance of forty miles cannot be distinctly perceived ; the only view which would be satisfac- tory , would be that which is compre- hended within the range of three or four miles from the spectator . Again . It has been already stated ...
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... , -about -about 12 mil- lions . DISTANCE from London , -800 miles . 1492 . In Ferdinand and Isabella's reign The Moors were driven from the land of Spain . THE ORPHAN BOY . ( Thelwall . ) Alas ! G 3 SUMMER FLOWERS . 65.
... , -about -about 12 mil- lions . DISTANCE from London , -800 miles . 1492 . In Ferdinand and Isabella's reign The Moors were driven from the land of Spain . THE ORPHAN BOY . ( Thelwall . ) Alas ! G 3 SUMMER FLOWERS . 65.
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... distance between it and the lens of his microscope ; and then looked through both , in the man- ner of a TELESCOPE , at the steeple of a church which was 299 feet high , and 750 feet distant , and could plainly see , through every ...
... distance between it and the lens of his microscope ; and then looked through both , in the man- ner of a TELESCOPE , at the steeple of a church which was 299 feet high , and 750 feet distant , and could plainly see , through every ...
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Page 93 - All murder'd ; for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 100 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 278 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 281 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 147 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace.
Page 26 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven: but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in...
Page 16 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 10 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 7 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 146 - 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.