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... appear to be in the fame Quarter of the Heavens that the Sun is in every Day it Noon , for the Sun is then full South , or on the Meri- dian . To find the Time of the Sun's Rifing and TH Setting . HIS , with the Increase and Decrease of ...
... appear to be in the fame Quarter of the Heavens that the Sun is in every Day it Noon , for the Sun is then full South , or on the Meri- dian . To find the Time of the Sun's Rifing and TH Setting . HIS , with the Increase and Decrease of ...
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... appear to move the contrary way from Eat to Weft , and fometimes not to move at all ; and thus they are faid to be direct , ftationary , and retrograde . This I will explain to your apprehenfion by a clear and eafy fcheme : let S ( in ...
... appear to move the contrary way from Eat to Weft , and fometimes not to move at all ; and thus they are faid to be direct , ftationary , and retrograde . This I will explain to your apprehenfion by a clear and eafy fcheme : let S ( in ...
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... appear to move Westward from M to N in the heavens , which is backward ; also while the Earth moves from C to B , the Planet will fill feem to move backwards from N to O , where it will again be fationary till the Earth comes to A ...
... appear to move Westward from M to N in the heavens , which is backward ; also while the Earth moves from C to B , the Planet will fill feem to move backwards from N to O , where it will again be fationary till the Earth comes to A ...
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... appear in it , with their feveral Dependencies , Circumftances , and Caufes ; and to get fuch a thorough Infight into Nature , and her Laws , as may enable him to judge , whether there is any Relation and Correfpondence be- tween the ...
... appear in it , with their feveral Dependencies , Circumftances , and Caufes ; and to get fuch a thorough Infight into Nature , and her Laws , as may enable him to judge , whether there is any Relation and Correfpondence be- tween the ...
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... appears to be his Meaning ; and , though he has not told us , yet I prefume fome fuch Confideration as this has led him ... appear under one and the felf - fame Angle fo long as the Distance remains invariable , let the increase of the ...
... appears to be his Meaning ; and , though he has not told us , yet I prefume fome fuch Confideration as this has led him ... appear under one and the felf - fame Angle fo long as the Distance remains invariable , let the increase of the ...
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Page 5 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 5 - Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of...
Page 13 - ... prodigies and predictions. For as it is the chief concern of wise men to retrench the evils of life by the reasonings of philosophy, it is the employment of fools to multiply them by the sentiments of superstition.
Page 5 - The golden zones of heaven; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time, and space, and fate's unbroken chain, And will's quick impulse; others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains, to explore What healing virtue swells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers...
Page 17 - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Ed-ward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV...
Page 13 - Sibyls, that fore- bodes and prophefies from one end of the year to the other. She is always feeing apparitions and hearing death-watches ; and was the other day almoft frighted out of her wits by the great houfe-dog, that howled ia the liable at a time when me lay ill of the tooth-ach.
Page 14 - Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.