 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...the Spaniards are peculiarly susceptible of this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to this constellation, the form of which recalls the sign...World. The two great stars which mark the summit and the PAUL AND VIBGIMA. 55 foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious 21 sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form...world. The two great stars which mark the summit and the foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows hence, that the constellation... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious 21 sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form...world. The two great stars which mark the summit and the foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows hence, that the constellation... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...attaches them to a constellation, the form and name of which recal to mind the sign of the Christian faith, planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the new world. The two brilliant and large stars that mark the summit and the foot of the cross having nearly the same right... | |
 | John Davis - United States - 1822 - 410 pages
...most formidable one hitherto opposed to Great Britain. In spite of the infatuated indifference which * The two great stars which mark the summit and foot of the Cross of the South having nearly the same right ascension, the Constellation is almost vertical wheil it... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation,...world. The two great stars which mark the summit and the foot of the cross, having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World. The two great... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the ISTew World. The two... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation,...world. " The two great stars which mark the summit and the foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, (see No. 64,) it follows hence, that... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 pages
...increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recals the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World It has been observed at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Cross of the South is erect... | |
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In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend from whom we have long been separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which... 
