Exercises on the globes: interspersed with some historical, biographical, chronological, mythological and miscellaneous information, on a new plan : designed for the use of young ladiesauthor, 1803 - 381 pages |
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... becaufe they conceived , that , being continually expofed to the perpendicular or direct rays of the fun , it was rendered uninhabitable , and contained nothing but parched and fandy deferts . This notion , however , has long fince been ...
... becaufe they conceived , that , being continually expofed to the perpendicular or direct rays of the fun , it was rendered uninhabitable , and contained nothing but parched and fandy deferts . This notion , however , has long fince been ...
Page 15
... becaufe , meeting the rays of the fun obliquely , they enjoy a moderate degree of heat . The two frigid zones are denominated frigid , because the cold is there fo extreme , that , for a great part of the year , every thing is frozen ...
... becaufe , meeting the rays of the fun obliquely , they enjoy a moderate degree of heat . The two frigid zones are denominated frigid , because the cold is there fo extreme , that , for a great part of the year , every thing is frozen ...
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... be here observed , that the longitude of one place from another does not pro- duce the true difiance , unless they are fituated on the equator , becaufe the meridians are continually approaching each other , from the equator towards the ...
... be here observed , that the longitude of one place from another does not pro- duce the true difiance , unless they are fituated on the equator , becaufe the meridians are continually approaching each other , from the equator towards the ...
Page 24
... be- caufe they fhew the latitudes of places by their interfection with the meridian . The latitude of a place , and the elevation of the pole in the fame place above the horizon , are terms ufed indiffer- ently for each other , becaufe ...
... be- caufe they fhew the latitudes of places by their interfection with the meridian . The latitude of a place , and the elevation of the pole in the fame place above the horizon , are terms ufed indiffer- ently for each other , becaufe ...
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... becaufe no part of the ecliptic , or fun's annual path , extends beyond the tropics , and thefe comprehend the torrid zone . EXAMPLES . To what places is the fun vertical at the fum- mer folftice ? -Anf . Canton , Calcutta , Mecca , and ...
... becaufe no part of the ecliptic , or fun's annual path , extends beyond the tropics , and thefe comprehend the torrid zone . EXAMPLES . To what places is the fun vertical at the fum- mer folftice ? -Anf . Canton , Calcutta , Mecca , and ...
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affigned place aftronomers alfo altitude ancient animal Argo Navis autumnal equinoxes becauſe birds Boötes called Canis Major Canis Minor Cape Cape Verd Colchis confequently conftellation courfe diftance diurnal motion DRYDEN'S VIRGIL Eaft Eaftern earth ecliptic Ephemeris equator equinox EXAMPLES faid fame fays feem feen ferpents feven fhadow fhew fide figns firft fituated folar folftice folved fome fometimes ftars ftate fuch fummer fun's place fuppofed furface given day given place heavens hemifphere himſelf horizon Iflands interfects Jupiter laft latitude lefs length London longest day longitude meridian moft moon morning moſt muſt night noon North number of degrees obferve occafioned oppofite pafs perfons planets Pleiades poets pofition pole PROBLEM PROBLEM propofed place quadrant reafon Rectify the globe refpect reprefented rifing and fetting South ſtars thefe theſe thofe places thoſe turn the globe twilight ufually Urfa uſed VIRGIL Weft Weſtern whofe
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Page 208 - By wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood; bony, and gaunt, and grim. Assembling wolves in raging troops descend; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snow. All is their prize.
Page 70 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Page 70 - With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks, And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves in hollow-whispering gales. Thy bounty shines in Autumn unconfined, And spreads a common feast for all that lives.
Page 153 - Nor thy resistless arm the bull withstood, Nor he, the roaring terror of the wood. The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet, And, seiz'd with fear, forgot his mangled meat.
Page 310 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Page 241 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Page 325 - Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain , other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light, And hence the morning planet gilds her horns ; By tincture or reflection they augment Their small peculiar, though from human sight So far remote, with diminution seen.
Page 17 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 155 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing ; To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 337 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...