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" ... we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced towards the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly... "
A Visit to Australia and Its Gold Regions - Page 10
by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1853 - 202 pages
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The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander Von Humboldt

Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...sensation when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from...is separated from his country, than the aspect of au unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from...separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendor...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from...the immense distance by which he is separated from bis country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude,...
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The English reading book, in prose

William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...passing from one hemisphere to the other, we saw. those stars, which we had been accustomed to see from our infancy, progressively sink, and finally...traveller a livelier remembrance of the immense distance which separates him from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of stars...
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Museum Americanum, Or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and ...

Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...sensation when approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars which we have contemplated from...separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour...
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Elements of Astronomy: Illustrated with Plates, for the Use of Schools and ...

John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from...separated from his country- than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour...
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The Modern Voyager & Traveller Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America: America

William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...sensation when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars which we have contemplated from...separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour...
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Elements of Astronomy: Illustrated with Plates, for the Use of Schools and ...

John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1829 - 202 pages
...sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from...separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, scattered nebuhe, rivalling in splendour...
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The Modern Voyager & Traveller, Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America ...

William Adams - America - 1836 - 508 pages
...sensation when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars which we have contemplated from...separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, some scattered nebulae, rivalling in splendour...
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Elements of Astronomy: Illustrated with Plates, for the Use of Schools and ...

John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1836 - 214 pages
...from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from our infhncy, progressively sink and finally disappear. Nothing...separated from his country, than the aspect of an unknown firmament. The grouping of the stars of the first magnitude, scattered nebula?, rivalling in splendour...
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