These, surely, are things to excite the wonder of any reflecting mind — nay, of any one but little accustomed to reflect. And yet these are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly... American Journal of Education and College Review - 421 페이지1859전체보기 - 도서 정보
| 1827 - 698 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...have discovered, and in extending the bounds of human knowV'OL. XLVI. NO. 91. Q h'dge, lias, in all ages, been reckoned the most dignified and liappy of... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 596 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : tlie enormous masses of the heavenly bodies; their immense distances; their...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 600 페이지
...consciousness of having, by his own exertions, become a wiser and therefore a more exalted creature. To pass our time in the study of the sciences, in...others have discovered, and in extending the bounds of humanknowlege, has, in all ages, been reckoned the most dignified and happy of human occupations; and... | |
| Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1827 - 68 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. • Akin to this pleasure of contemplating1 new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1828 - 248 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
| 1829 - 522 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
| 1829 - 522 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...their motions, whose swiftness mocks the uttermost cllniis of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is... | |
| William Russell - 1828 - 910 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
| 1831 - 336 페이지
...are trifling when compared to die prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies ; their immense distances ;...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
| 1831 - 336 페이지
...are trifling when compared to the prodigies which Astronomy opens to our view : the enormous masses of the heavenly bodies; their immense distances ;...swiftness mocks the uttermost efforts of the imagination. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
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