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" ... by their influences. Whoever imagines that they were created only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe, must have a very superficial knowledge of Astronomy, and a mean opinion of the Divine Wisdom... "
The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator - Page 11
by Tobias Ostrander - 1832 - 262 pages
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The Elements of Useful Knowledge: Comprehending, Among Other Interesting ...

Jasper Adams, John Adams - 1793 - 358 pages
...cannot deftroy thofe truths which are blended, with them. Whoever imagines that fo many glorious funs, were created only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe, muft have a very fuperficial knowledge of aftronomy, and a mean opinion of the divine Wifdom. There...
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Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It ..., Volume 4

George Adams - Physics - 1794 - 600 pages
...to us ; it can fcarcely be conceived by the narroweft mind, that they form a part of our fyftem, or were created only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe: tor one additional moon would have afforded us more light than the whole hoft of ftars ; fuch an opinion...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...one another, without proper objefts near enough to be benefited by their influences. Whoever imagines they were created only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe, muft have a very fupcrficial knowledge of aftrono;ny, and a mean opinion of the Divine Wifdom : fince,...
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A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar: And Present State of ...

William Guthrie, John Knox - Geography - 1801 - 1204 pages
...without proper objects neaí enough to be benefited by their influences. Whoever imagines that they wore created only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe, mull have a very fuperficial knowledge of aftronomy *, and a mean opinion of the divine wifdem ; fince,...
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The General chronicle and literary magazine, Volume 3

1811 - 710 pages
...the planets do, it is evident that the stars are of the same nature with the sun. NVlioever imagine* that they were created only to give a faint glimmering...must have a very superficial knowledge of astronomy, especially as there arc many stars which are not visible without the assistance of a good telescope,...
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The General Gazetteer Or Compendious Geographical Dictionary

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1812 - 832 pages
...totally different from the planets. The vulgar and uninformed imagine, that all the stars were made only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe; although many . . . i.,..,.. ••...' • L -- I-:.,..,i> i % i ' if i " of these Stars are so far...
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Brookes's General Gazetteer Improved: Or, A New and Compendious Geographical ...

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1812 - 822 pages
...totally different from the planets. The vulgar and uninformed imagine, that all the stars were made only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe, although many of these stars are so far from benefiting us, that they cannot be seen without a telescope...
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An Introduction to Astronomy ...

John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...proper objects near enough to be benefited by their influence. Whoever supposes that they were made only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants...astronomy, and a mean opinion of the divine wisdom : since many of the stars are so far from benefiting us, that they cannot be seen without the assistanceof...
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The London General Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary: Containing a ...

Geography - 1825 - 770 pages
...totally different from the planets. The vulgar and uninformed imagine, that ail the stars were made only to give a faint glimmering light to the inhabitants of this globe ; although many of these stars are so far from benefiting us, that they cannot be seen without a telescope;...
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The comparative coincidence of reason and Scripture, Volume 1

1832 - 438 pages
...travelling from the stars to us, than we do in making a West India voyage. A sound their influences ; for whoever imagines that they were created only to give...to the inhabitants of this globe, must have a very would not arrive to us from thence in fifty thousand years, which, next to light, is considered as...
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