 Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far...  The North American Review - Page 350edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1837 - 656 pages
...'d like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat...divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. * Dante, two centuries before, had also expressed the same belief in an undiscovered quarter of the... | |
 | WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT - 1838 - 574 pages
...like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, ' . And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat...wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, weight which belongs to more se- dition and experience to the illusrious suggestions, of similar im-... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1842 - 504 pages
...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set The dullest sea-boat...ne'er divined of yore. But see, the Sun speeds on its western path To glad the nations with expected light."t of this which has led some writers canto... | |
 | George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits ho had vainly set, The dullest sea-bird soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another...things tend : So earth, by curious mystery divine Well-balanced hangs amid the starry spheres. * Viera, Hut. III. Can. f Ttteatro Orilico, tom, iv.,... | |
 | George Warburton - Canada - 1850 - 376 pages
...And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-bird soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend. So earth, by curious mystery divine, Well-balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1851 - 594 pages
...days of grosser mold, And Hercules mipht blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set2 The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing her way. Men...shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend. So earth, by curious mystery divine 1 Lift and Voyage» of Columbus. Well balanced,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...days of grosser mold, And Hercules minln blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set2 The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing her way. Men...shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend. So earth, by curious mystery divine 1 Lift and Viiyafts of Columbia. Well balanced,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1851 - 606 pages
...fashion'd like a wheel. Man was in aneient days of grosser mold. And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set* The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing lier way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common center all things tend. So earth,... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1854 - 516 pages
...connected with the discovery of the New World, and the personal history of Columbus. Men shall desery another hemisphere. Since to one common centre all...ne'er divined of yore. But see, the Sun speeds on its western path To glad the nations with expected light," (1) Columbus's "hypothesis rested on much... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1854 - 718 pages
...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing her way. Men shall desery another hemisphere. Since to one common centre all things tend So earth, by curious mystery... | |
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