 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...the Spaniards are peculiarly susceptible of this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to this constellation, the form of which recalls the sign...The two great stars which mark the summit and the PAUL AND VIBGIMA. 55 foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...attaches them to a constellation, the form and name of which recal to mind the sign of the Christian faith, planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the new world. The two brilliant and large stars that mark the summit and the foot of the cross having nearly the same right... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form...having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is almost perpendicular at the moment it passes the meridian. This circumstance... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in...having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is almost vertical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the ISTew World. The two great stars which mark the summit and the foot of the cross, having nearly the... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form...the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, (see No. 64,) it follows hence, that the constellation is almost perpendicular at the moment when it... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals carmen had the conscience to accept of the highest price, which the citizens did that the constellation is almost vertical at the morrent when it passes the meridian. This circumstance... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 pages
...increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World It has been observed at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Cross of the South is erect... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of whick recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors...having nearly the same right ascension, it follows, that the constellation is almost vet tical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...to increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of whici recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors...having nearly the same right ascension, it follows, that the constellation is almost ver. tical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance... | |
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In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend, from whom we have been long separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of... 
