 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...  The Essays - Page 199by Francis Bacon - 1908 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1833 - 360 pages
...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 pages
...a circle, the 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 pages
...a circle, the 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.—... | |
 | 1834 - 514 pages
...the task was about to lead him, or of rejecting the complicated machinery of fowner 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... | |
 | 1834 - 544 pages
...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 the sphere With centrie and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb.' ' What if the sun Be centre... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And caleulate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances,...With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicyele, orb in orb : Already by thy reasoning this I guess, Who art to lead thy oflspring, and supposest... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...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...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 pages
...Hereafter, when they come to model heav'n And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances...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 pages
...they come to model heaven And calculate the stars; how they will wield The mighty frame; how bnild, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances ; how gird...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... | |
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