It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the... Poems and Essays ... - Página 11por George Harley Kirk - 1863 - 215 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 páginas
...naked eye an observation of time so easily made. Often afterward did Humboldt and Bonpland hear their guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, " Midnight is past, the Cross begins to bend !" It reminded them of that affecting scene,... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1818 - 666 páginas
...South is erect, or inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group o'f stars exhibits, to the naked...Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Triixillo, " Midnight is past, the Cross begins to bend !" How often those words reminded us of that... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1822 - 762 páginas
...South is erect, or inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked...have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of the Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, " Midnight is past, the Cross begins... | |
| Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 páginas
...south is erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regular near four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked...How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the Savannas of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, " Midnight is past, the cross... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 páginas
...Cross is erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked...How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the savannas of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, ' Midnight is past, the Cross... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1825 - 224 páginas
...South is erect or inclined. It is a time-piece that adrances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked...Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, " Midnight is past, the cross begins to bend!" How often these words reminded us of that... | |
| John Hubbard Wilkins - 1825 - 151 páginas
...south is erect, or inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a daj', and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked...How often have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannas of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, ' Midnight is past, the Cross... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 páginas
...erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day ; nnd no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye,...How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the savannas of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, ' Midnight is past, the cross... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 892 páginas
...его« is erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece thai advances very regularly nearly fcur minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked...How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the savannas of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Tnmllo, ' Midnight is past, the cross... | |
| William Hone - 1868 - 846 páginas
...nearly four minutes a day; and no other group ol stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an obser vation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the savannas of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxtllo, ' Midnight is past, the cross... | |
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