 Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter ; when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird...  Lives of Eminent Persons - Página 14por Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 571 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1833 - 360 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird the spfwre With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb ; Already by thy reasoning this I guess, Who art tii lead thy offspring and supposest That bodies bright... | |
 | 1834 - 574 páginas
...centre of which was eccentric from that of the earth. Thus, says Milton : — " They gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb." See on this subject, History of Astronomy, pages 25 — 31. — See also Concentric Circlet. EPICYCLOID.—... | |
 | 1834 - 578 páginas
...centre of which was eccentric from that of the earth. Thus, says Milton : — " They gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb." See on this subject, Hillary of Astronomy, pages 26 — 31. — See also Concentric Cinlet. EPICYCLOID.—... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb : Already by thy reasoning this 1 guess, Who art to lead thy offspring, and supposes! That bodies bright... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb : Already by thy reasoning this 1 guess, Who art to lead thy offspring, and supposest That bodies bright... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 382 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. Mistakes of former astronomers, in the progress of this interesting science, might possibly be the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame; how bnild, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb : Already by thy reasoning this 1 guess, Who art to lead thy offspring, and supposest That bodies bright... | |
 | 1838 - 544 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearance« ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. Par. Lott, b. viii. There is nothing which more beautifully shows the power and force of truth, than... | |
 | 1838 - 562 páginas
...was about to lead him, or of rejecting the complicated machinery of former astronomers — the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. His inquiries are remarkable for the patience with which he continued to devise hypotheses, one after... | |
 | 1838 - 274 páginas
...will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive, I'o save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. car. Last, b. viii. There is nothing which more beautifully shows the power and force of truth, than... | |
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