 | Thomas Powell - 1847 - 354 Seiten
...dwells with God, till it returns like the useful bee, laden with a blessing and the dew of heaven." " Each ordered orb, in heaven, Some crowned saint controls."...But, alas ! he forgot his maternal planet, Earth. Would it not have been possible to. hare planted some realm of paradise — some kingdom of heaven... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1847 - 352 Seiten
...adopted by Dante as the theory of the third part of his Divina Commedia. He places paradise — where t In the Planets — the Moon — Mercury — Venus...But, alas ! he forgot his maternal planet, Earth. Would it not have been possible to have planted some realm of paradise — some kingdom of heaven —... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1871 - 608 Seiten
...the centre of the universe, and round it revolve, in perpetually increasing and ascending circles, the planets — the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Beyond these he places the starry sphere, or sphere of fixed stars ; then the crystalline sphere, called... | |
 | 1871 - 612 Seiten
...the centre of the universe, and round it revolve, in perpetually increasing and ascending circles, the planets — the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Beyond these he places the starry sphere, or sphere of fixed stars ; then the crystalline sphere, called... | |
 | Catherine Mary Phillimore - 1887 - 348 Seiten
...the centre of the universe, and round it revolve, in perpetually increasing and ascending circles, the planets — the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Beyond these he places the starry sphere, or sphere of fixed stars ; then the crystalline sphere, called... | |
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In the Planets — the Moon — Mercury — Venus — the Sun — Mars — Jupiter and Saturn — also in the constellation, Gemini, &c. But, alas ! he forgot his maternal planet, Earth. Would it not have been possible to have planted some realm of paradise... 