 | England - 1883 - 852 pages
...in the same absorbed and aimless way. " I was so impressed," he says, " as sometimes to imagine that I saw the ecliptic in the heavens among the stars,...ruts made by cart wheels, sometimes on one side of the plain road and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at small angles, but never going far from... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 312 pages
...the starry heaven, I was so impressed as sometimes to imagine that I saw the ecliptic in the heaven, among the stars, like a broad circular road for the...of the planets to resemble the narrow ruts made by cart-wheels, sometimes on one side of a plain road and sometimes on the* other, crossing the road at... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1830 - 316 pages
...the starry heaven, I was so impressed as sometimes to imagine that I saw the ecliptic in the heaven, among the stars, like a broad circular road for the...of the planets to resemble the narrow ruts made by cart-wheels, sometimes on one side of a plain road and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...ecliptic lying like a broad highway across the firmament, and the planets making their way in " paths like the narrow ruts made by cart wheels, sometimes on one side of a plane road, and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at small angles, but never going far from... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1839 - 554 pages
...the starry heaven, I was so impressed as sometimes to imagine that I saw the ecliptic in the heaven, among the stars, like a broad circular road for the...of the planets to resemble the narrow ruts made by cart-wheels, sometimes on one side of a plain road, and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...ecliptic lying like a broad highway across the firmament, and the planets making their way in " paths like the narrow ruts made by cart wheels, sometimes on one side of a plane road, and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at small angles, but never going far from... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...the starry heaven, I was so impressed, as sometimes to imagine that I saw the ecliptic in the heaven, among the stars, like a broad circular road for the...apparent course ; and fancied the paths of the planets toresemblethenarrowruts made by cart-wheels, sometimes on one part of a plain road, and sometimes on... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 740 pages
...ecliptic lying like a broad highway across the firmament, and the planets making their way in " paths like the narrow ruts made by cart wheels, sometimes on one side of a plane road, and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at small angles, but never going far from... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1853 - 374 pages
...apparent course ; and fancied the pntlis of the planets to resemble the narrow ruU made by cart-wheels, sometimes on one side of a plain road, and sometimes...small angles, but never going far from either side of iu Sir James's house was full of pictures and prints, several of which I copied with pen and ink ;... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrialists - 1858 - 526 pages
...ecliptic lying like a broad highway across the firmament, and the planets making their way in " paths like the narrow ruts made by cart wheels, sometimes on one side of a plane road, and sometimes on the other, crossing the road at small angles, but never going far from... | |
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... sometimes on one side of a plain road and sometimes on the* other, crossing the road at small angles, but never going far from either side of it. 
