| Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...of their distances from the sun ; a discovery in which he exulted with no measured joy. " It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light,...days since the unveiled sun, most admirable to gaze upon, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me ; I will indulge in my sacred fury ; I will triumph over... | |
| Methodist Church - 1854 - 652 pages
...— fell into definite shape and certainty before him. " It is now eighteen months," he cries out, " since I got the first glimpse of light ; three months...the unveiled sun, most admirable to gaze on, burst upon me. ^Nothing holds me. I indulge my sacred fury! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast : the... | |
| Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1855 - 484 pages
...have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations. It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light,...Nothing holds me : I will indulge in my sacred fury ; I will triumph over mankind by the honest confession, that I have stolen the golden vases of the... | |
| David Brewster - Physicists - 1855 - 504 pages
...expectations It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light, three months since the dawn ; a very few days since the unveiled sun, most admirable to gaze on, burst out upon me .... the die is cast — the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which.... | |
| David Brewster - 1855 - 518 pages
...have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light, three months since the dawn ; a very few days since the unveiled sun, most admirable to gaze on, burst out upon me .... the die... | |
| Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1858 - 454 pages
...have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations. It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light,...Nothing holds me: I will indulge in my sacred fury ; I will triumph over mankind by the honest confession, that I have stolen the golden vases of the... | |
| George Brewster - 1858 - 464 pages
...devoted the best part of my life to astronomical contemplations, at length I have discovered. It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light...three months since, the dawn ; very few days since the unvailed sun, most admirable to gaze upon, burst out upon me. I will triumph over mankind. The die... | |
| Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1860 - 698 pages
...light, and have recognised its truth beyond my mosi •anguine expectations. It is now eighteen mouths since I got the first glimpse of light, three months...Nothing holds me : I will indulge in my sacred fury ; I will triumph over mankind by the honest confession that I have stolen the golden vases of the Egyptians... | |
| Horace Bushnell - Essays - 1864 - 400 pages
...had promised my friends ; that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, I have brought to light ! It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light...to gaze on, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me ; I indulge my sacred fury ! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast ; the book is written, — to be... | |
| Horace Bushnell - Essays - 1864 - 424 pages
...had promised my friends ; that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, I have brought to light ! It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light...to gaze on, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me ; I indulge my sacred fury ! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast ; the book is written, — to be... | |
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