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... seen his glory , are to be visited with the Day - spring from on high , " and enrolled among the citizens of Zion ; if the world is to be regenerated , and Righteousness and Praise to spring forth before all nations - those grand events ...
... seen his glory , are to be visited with the Day - spring from on high , " and enrolled among the citizens of Zion ; if the world is to be regenerated , and Righteousness and Praise to spring forth before all nations - those grand events ...
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... seen assembling in clusters in the streets , gazing wildly at the sun , running about in wild distraction , and firing volleys of muskets at the sun to frighten away the monster by which they supposed it was about to be devoured . The ...
... seen assembling in clusters in the streets , gazing wildly at the sun , running about in wild distraction , and firing volleys of muskets at the sun to frighten away the monster by which they supposed it was about to be devoured . The ...
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... seen , his perfections manifested , and the plans of his moral govern- ment displayed before the eyes of unnumbered intelligences . The heavens constitute by far the grandest and most extensive portica of the empire of Omnipotence ; and ...
... seen , his perfections manifested , and the plans of his moral govern- ment displayed before the eyes of unnumbered intelligences . The heavens constitute by far the grandest and most extensive portica of the empire of Omnipotence ; and ...
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... initiatory books on this subject I have examined ; but such books are now rapidly improving , both as to their general plan , and the interesting nature of their details . I have seen nothing superior in INTRODUCTION . XXII.
... initiatory books on this subject I have examined ; but such books are now rapidly improving , both as to their general plan , and the interesting nature of their details . I have seen nothing superior in INTRODUCTION . XXII.
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. of their details . I have seen nothing superior in this respect , or better adapted to the purpose of rational instruction , than Mr. Bur- rett's excellent work entitled " The ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. of their details . I have seen nothing superior in this respect , or better adapted to the purpose of rational instruction , than Mr. Bur- rett's excellent work entitled " The ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude luminous Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac