 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...first time, that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and, according to its position, indicates...it with feelings of profound devotion, as a type of salvation; but the mind was especially elevated at the sight of it, by the reflection that even in... | |
 | Johann Baptist von Spix - 1824 - 686 pages
...first time, that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and according to its position, indicates...it with feelings of profound devotion, as a type of salvation ; but the mind -was especially elevated at the sight of it, by the reflection that even into... | |
 | Johann Baptist von Spix, Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius - 1824 - 372 pages
...first time, that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and according to its position, indicates...it with feelings of profound devotion, as a type of salvation ; but the mind was especially elevated at the sight of it, by the reflection that even into... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...first time that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the Cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and, according to its position, indicates...the hours of the night. We had long wished for this conI stellation, as a guide to the other hemisphere ; we therefore felt inexpressible pleasure when... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...first time that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the Cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and, according to its position, indicates...it with feelings of profound devotion as a type of salvation ; but the mind was especially elevated at the sight of it by the reflection, that even into... | |
 | William Adolphus Baker - 1865 - 324 pages
...first time that " glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the " Cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and " according to its position, indicates...night. We had long wished for this constellation, as * Isaiah xxx. 26. "a guide to the other hemisphere; we therefore felt " inexpressible pleasure when... | |
 | Edwin Dunkin - 1869 - 380 pages
...first time that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the Cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and, according to its position, indicates...feelings of profound devotion, as a type of our salvation ; but the mind was especially elevated at the sight of it, by the reflection that even into the region... | |
 | 1897 - 798 pages
...be m some degree struck by them." Again, the remarks recorded by MM von Spix and Karl von Martins, in their account of their scientific travels in Brazil...has expressed his thoughts in almost similar terms. Referring to his first view of the constellation, he observes that, " We saw distinctly, for the first... | |
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June, in lat. 14° 6' 45", we beheld for the first time that glorious constellation of the southern heavens, the Cross, which is to navigators a token of peace, and, according to its position, indicates the hours of the night. "We had long wished for... 