 | Bryan Edwards - Bahamas - 1805 - 464 pages
...serenity of the air, and the soft tranquillity in which all nature reposes, contribute to harmonize the mind, and produce the most calm and delightful...function is not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky-way, and by that glorious planet Venus, which appears here like a little moon, and glitters with... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - Bahamas - 1806 - 452 pages
...nature reposes, contribute to harmonize the mind^ and produce the most calm and delightful sensations i The moon too in these climates displays far greater...function is not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky-way,and by that glorious planet Venus, which appears her6 like a little moon, and glitters with... | |
 | West Indies, British - 1810 - 86 pages
...reposes, conspires to harmonize the mind and produce the most calm, and delightful sensations. The w«on, too, in these climates, displays far greater radiance...legible by her light, and in the moon's absence, her place is not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky way, and by that glorious planet Venus, which... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...brightly on some parts of our globe than on others. In the island of Jamaica, for instance, the moon displays far greater radiance than in Europe ; the smallest print is legible by her light.... -Si. Pierre, Bryan Edwards. MOORS, descendants of the Carthagenians and Arabs, who conquered, and for... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 432 pages
...brightly on some parts of our globe than on others. In the island of Jamaica, for instance, the moon displays far greater radiance than in Europe ; the smallest print is legible by her light. — St. Pierre, Bryan Edwards, MOORS, descendants of the Carthagenians and Arabs, who conquered, and... | |
 | William Darby - 1817 - 372 pages
...the serenity of the air, and the soft tranquillity in which nature reposes, contribute to harmonize the mind, and produce the most calm and delightful...legible by her light ; and in the moon's absence, her functionaries arc not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky way, and by that glorious planet... | |
 | William Darby - Alabama - 1817 - 374 pages
...the serenity of the air, and the soft tranquillity in which nature reposes, contribute to harmonize the mind, and produce the most calm and delightful...legible by her light ; and in the moon's absence, her functionaries are not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky way, and by that glorious planet... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - West Indies - 1819 - 644 pages
...thirteen hours. The West India Islands are happily exempt from those noxious variationi. BOOK ca i m and delightful sensations. The moon too in these climates...function is not ill supplied by the brightness of the milkyway, and by that glorious planet Venus, which appears here like a little moon, and glitters with... | |
 | Compendium - 1822 - 342 pages
...clearness of the heavens, the serenity of the air, and the soft tranquillity in which nature reposes, produce the most calm and delightful sensations. The...Europe ; the smallest print is legible by her light ; in her absence, the stars shine with superior splendor, and that glorious planet, Venus, which appears... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 532 pages
...the serenity of the air, and the soft tranquillity in which Nature reposes, contribute to harmonize the mind, and produce the most calm and delightful...function is not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky way, and by that glorious planet Venus, which here appears like a little moon, and glitters with... | |
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... to harmonize the mind, and produce the most calm and delightful sensations. The moon too in these climates displays far greater radiance than in Europe : the smallest print is legible by her light ; and in the moon's absence her function is not ill... 
