The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1853)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, F. J. Huntington [etc.] · leaf 263
e monster of the sky, hadchecked the progress of the Turk, and kept, for the present,his Satanic majesty at a safe distance ; while the Church ofRome, retaining her unbounded wealth, was enabled to con-tinue that influence over her followers, which she retains, inpart, to this day. Mention some ot… … The comet of 16S0 would have been still more alarmingthan that of 1456, had not science robbed it of its terrors,and history pointed to the signal failure of its predecessor.This comet was of the largest size, and had a tail whoseenormous length was more than ninety-six millions of miles. At its…
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