Orion, which gorgeous constellation never burnt more vividly than now, as it swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian : the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping... The Observatory - Page 2631925Full view - About this book
| Thomas Hardy - 1874 - 358 pages
...altitudes of the stars. The Dog-star and Aldebaran pointing to the restless Pleiades were half way up the Southern sky, and between them hung Orion,...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...Dog-star and Aldebaran pointing to the restless Pleiades were half way up the Southern sky, and beneath them hung Orion, which gorgeous constellation never...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine almost rested on the ground : the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 pages
...Dog-star and Aldebaran pointing to the restless Pleiades were half way up the Southern sky, and beneath them hung Orion, which gorgeous constellation never...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine almost rested on the ground : the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1874 - 526 pages
...stood and carefully examined the sky, to ascertain the time of night from the altitudes of the stars. The Dog-star and Aldebaran, pointing to the restless Pleiades, were half-way up the Southern sky, and beneath them hung Orion, which gorgeous constellation never burnt more vividly than now, as it swung... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1895 - 508 pages
...stood and carefully examined the sky, to ascertain the time of night from the altitudes of the stars. The Dog-star and Aldebaran, pointing to the restless...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian : the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| 1902 - 848 pages
...are not many who can enter into the spirit of Gabriel Oak's night-dial, as Mr. Hardy describes it:— "The Dogstar and Aldebaran, pointing to the restless...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux, with their quiet shine, were almost on the meridian; the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1904 - 688 pages
...the solitude ; but whatever be its origin, the impression of riding along is vivid and abiding. . . . The Dog-star and Aldebaran, pointing to the restless...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux, with their quiet shine, were almost on the meridian; the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pages
...altitudes of the stars. The Dog-star and Aldebaran, pointing to the restless Pleiades, were half way up the Southern sky, and between them hung Orion,...swung itself forth above the rim of the landscape. Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian : the barren and gloomy Square... | |
| Frederic William Westaway - 1913 - 136 pages
...in the case of a diphthongal combination, over the second vowel of the combination. " The D6g-star and Aldebaran, pointing to the restless Pleiades,...gorgeous constellation never burnt more vividly than n<5\v....The barren and glodmy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the ndrth-we'st ; far awiiy... | |
| Frederic William Westaway - 1913 - 144 pages
...the combination. " The Dog-star and Aldebaran, pointing to the r6stless Pleiades, were h&lf-way lip the Southern sky, and between them hung Orion, which...gorgeous constellation ne'ver burnt more vividly than nd\v....The barren and glodmy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the ndrth-we'st ; far aw&y through... | |
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