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" Tis still as hard, if we this scheme believe, The cause of light's swift progress to conceive. With thought from prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the sight respect. The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been... "
The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 267
by Sir Richard Phillips - 1820 - 364 pages
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Creation: A Philosophical Poem, in Seven Books

Sir Richard Blackmore - Creation - 1806 - 242 pages
...respect.. The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made L In vain the author had the eye prepar'd With so much skill, had not the light appear'd.. The old and new astronomers in vain Attempt the heavenly motions to explain, First Ptolemy his scheme...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 596 pages
...prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the sight respect. The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made : In vain the Author had the eye prepar'd ^^_With so much skill, had not the light appear'd. The old and new astronomers, in vain, Attempt the...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 2

Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 418 pages
...free, reflect On solar rays, as they the light respect. The beams of light had been in vain displayed, Had not the eye been fit for vision made : In vain the Author had ihe eye prepared "With so much skill, had not the light appeared. BLACKMORF. Oculi - - - - Interpretes...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 15

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 466 pages
...prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the sight respect. Bb2 The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made...eye prepar'd With so much skill, had not the light appealed. The old and new astronomers in vain Attempt the heavenly motions to explain. First, Ptolemy...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 15

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 448 pages
...prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the sight respect. Bb2 The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made : In vain the author had the eye preparM With so much skill, had not the light appear'd. The old and new astronomers in vain Attempt...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

Classical poetry - 1822 - 276 pages
...prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the sight respect. The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made: In vain the author had the eye prepared "With so much skill, had not the light appear'd. The old and new astronomers in vain Attempt...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 18

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 804 pages
...three points of doctrine, run the same round. Addison. The beams of light bad been in vain displayed, Had not the eye been fit for vision made ; In vain the author had the eye prepared With so much skill, had not the light appeared. Blackmore. In the preparations of cookery,...
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A Familiar Introduction to the Arts Sciences: With Original Introductory ...

Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the light respect. The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made..."With so much skill, had not the light appear'd." Blackmorc. IF the construction of the universe were not so evident a proof of the existence of a supremely...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...such Who still are pleased too little, or too much. POPE. EYES. The beams of light had been in vain display'd Had not the eye been fit for vision made; In vain the author had the eye prepared With so much skill, had not the light appeared. SIR R. BLACKMORE. Her deep blue eyes smile...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...such Who still are pleased too little, or too much. POPE. EYES. The beams of light had been in vain display'd Had not the eye been fit for vision made; In vain the author had the eye prepared With so much skill, had not the light appeared. SIR R. BLACKMORE. Her deep blue eyes smile...
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