 Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far...  The American Catholic Quarterly Review - Strana 304úprava: - 1892Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1893 - Počet stránok 792
...fashioned like a wheeL Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set The dullest...divine, Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres." 1 For twenty years Columbus had been drawing charts, studying philosophical works, visiting the seas... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1886 - Počet stránok 264
...fashion'd like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest...by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid ihe starry spheres. At our antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, ne'er divined of yore.... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1894 - Počet stránok 822
...level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. . . . . . . . Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set The dullest...hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend. Such was the intellectual atmosphere in which Columbus formed his great enterprise. ECLIPSED BY MAGELLAN.... | |
 | George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - 1890 - Počet stránok 326
...1487], " sire of the half serious line : " — " Men shall descry another hemisphere ; Since to one centre all things tend, So earth by curious mystery...balanced hangs amid the starry spheres. At our antipodes arc cities, states, And throng'd empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the sun speeds in his western... | |
 | Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - 1891 - Počet stránok 366
...1487], " sire of the half serious line " : — " Men shall descry another hemisphere ; Since to one centre all things tend. So earth by curious mystery...empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the sun speeds in his western path To glad the nations with unexpected light." The leading minds of ancient Rome would... | |
 | 1892 - Počet stránok 734
...And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set The dullest sea-bout soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another...states And thronged empires ne'er divined of yore." — Pulci, Mnrgnnte Maggiore, Canto 25: 22. Turning from the poet-prophets, let us briefly notice the... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - Počet stránok 472
...Florence in 1431; died about 1487. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine,...states, And thronged empires ne'er divined of yore. CHRISTOPHER, THE CHRIST-BEARER. GEORGE PAYNE QUACKENBOS, an American teacher and educational writer.... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - Počet stránok 506
...Florence in 1431; died about 1487. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine,...states, And thronged empires ne'er divined of yore. COLUMBUS AND COLUMBIA. CHRISTOPHER, THE CHRIST-BEARER. GEORGE PAYNE QUACKENBOS, an American teacher... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1892 - Počet stránok 44
...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest...shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres.... | |
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