 ... a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either; and what charming contrasts and "grateful vicissitudes," — a red and a green day, for instance, alternating with a white one and with darkness, —...  Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 429by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 766 pages
...of contrast, and " it may be easier suggested in words than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about cither ; and what charming contrasts and grateful vicissitudes — a red... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...imagination, what variety of illumination ttro tuns, a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue, must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming...contrasts and " grateful vicissitudes " a red and green day, for instance, alternating with a white one, might arise from the presence or absence of... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1847 - 430 pages
...amusing remarks : — " It may be easier suggested in words, than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suns, — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one, — must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and 'grateful vicissitudes,' — a... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - Astronomy - 1849 - 304 pages
...effect of contrast, and it may be easier suggested in words than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and ' grateful vicissitudes' — a... | |
 | Christianity - 1850 - 556 pages
...effect of contrast, and it may be easier suggested in words, than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either; and what charming contrasts and " grateful vicissitudes," — a... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Educational sociology - 1850 - 586 pages
...easier suggested in words than con(588) ceived in imagination, what variety of illuuii nation two »uni, a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one, must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and * grateful vicissitudes' — a... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...easier suggested in words, than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two tuni — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and " grateful vicissitudes," — a... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...be thus removed, the complementary star still retains its proper colour. illumination two stars — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford to a planet circulating round either ; and what cheering contrasts and grateful vicissitudes a red and a green day alternating... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1851 - 706 pages
...effect of contrast, and it may be easier suggested in words, than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two suns — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either ; and what charming contrasts and " grateful vicissitudes," — a... | |
 | Arts - 1853 - 390 pages
...in words (says Sir John), than conceived in imagination, what variety of illumination two stars — a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one, must afford a planet circulating around either ; and what cheering contrasts, and graceful vicissitudes, (a red... | |
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