 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 724 pages
...and the ends they are intended to subserve in the fabric of the universe. This is a science vihich has, in all ages, engaged the attention of the poet,...admiration. Kings have descended from their thrones tu render it homage, and have sometimes enriched it with their labours; and humble shepherds, whilst... | |
 | George Horatio Derby - 1856 - 294 pages
...no relation at all of Big Dick, though the latter occasionally caused individuals to see stars), " which has, in all ages, engaged the attention of the...and been the subject of their study and admiration." By the wondrous discoveries of the improved telescopes of modern times, we ascertain that upwards of... | |
 | George Horatio Derby - 1856 - 308 pages
...no relation at all of Big Dick, though the latter occasionally caused individuals to see stars), ". which has, in all ages, engaged the attention of the...and been the subject of their study and admiration." By the wondrous discoveries of the improved telescopes of modern times, we ascertain that upwards of... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...their movements are directed, and the ends they are intended to subserve in the fabric of the universe. This is a science which has in all ages engaged the...homage, and have sometimes enriched it with their labours ; and humble shepherds, while watching *heir flocks by night, have beheld with rapture the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...their movements arc directed, nnd tho ends they arc intended to subserve in the fabric of thu universe. This is a science which has, in all ages, engaged...admiration. Kings have descended from their thrones tu render it homage, and have sometimes enriched it with their labours; and humble shepherds, whilst... | |
 | Arthur K. Bartlett - 1881 - 76 pages
...Astronomy is a study which has in all ages engaged the attention of the most learned men of the world. " Kings have descended from their thrones to render...have beheld with rapture the blue vault of heaven, filled with its thousands of shining orbs, moving in silent grandeur, until the morning star announced... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pages
...was no relation at all of Big Dick, though the latter occasionally caused individuals to see stars), "which has, in all ages, engaged the attention of...and been the subject of their study and admiration." By the wondrous discoveries of the improved telescopes of modern times, we ascertain that upwards of... | |
 | Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1907 - 202 pages
...was no relation at all of Big Dick, though the latter occasionally caused individuals to see stars), "which has, in all ages, engaged the attention of...and been the subject of their study and admiration." By the wondrous discoveries of the improved telescopes of modern times, we ascertain that upward of... | |
 | Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1909 - 204 pages
...was no relation at all of Big Dick, though the latter occasionally caused individuals to see stars), "which has, in all ages, engaged the attention of...and been the subject of their study and admiration." By the wondrous discoveries of the improved telescopes of modern times, we ascertain that upward of... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - 1997 - 510 pages
...their movements are directed, and the ends they are intended to subserve in the fabric of the universe. This is a science which has in all ages engaged the...of the poet, the philosopher, and the divine, and has been the subject of their study and admiration. Kings have descended from their thrones to render... | |
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This is a science which has in all ages engaged the attention of the poet, the philosopher, and the divine, and been the subject of their study and admiration. 
