 | Henry Duncan (D.D.) - 1847 - 430 pages
...gravitation, of which it has been beautifully said, — ' The very law which moulds a tear, And makes it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.'t The globular figure of the earth, which is the result of this * Bell's Bridgewater Treatise,... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...and, to us, incomprehensible evolutions of a universe without bounds ! " That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source ; That law preserves the earth a sphere, And binds the planets to their course ! " But, to be a little less general : — We distinguish the glory... | |
 | John Hunter - 1848 - 224 pages
...a solitary student, pretend not to much knowledge of the world. Johnson. That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source,— That...a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. Rogers. He himself came up to the Greek camp, attended by a few horsemen and an interpreter. Thirlwall.... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...least of things : — " The very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its souce, — That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." — Rogert. In 1667, Newton, having laid the foundation of his great, work, The Mathematical Principles... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...density of our planet ! Truly, as well as musically, has the poet sung — That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source, That law...sphere And guides the planets in their course. In like manner, one is lost in astonishment at discovering that the same force which keeps the sun stedfast... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 328 pages
...reason, to calculate. Or, as Rogers justly observes : — " That very law which moulds a tear And bidi it trickle from its source, That law preserves the...a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." This law is indispensable for the preservation and existence of the present order of things ; and it... | |
 | 1914 - 668 pages
...beautiful 'Lines on a Tear.'" He gave the following as their correct form :— The very liw which moulds a tear. And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth its sphere, And guides the planets in their course. The last verse of ' On a Tear,' p. 181?of the beautifully... | |
 | Frederick Moses - 1849 - 164 pages
...to be equal at equal distances. It appears to be that principle or inherent property of matter which preserves the earth a sphere, and guides the planets in their course, and which, on being violently disturbed, restores the equilibrium at any cost. It produces lightning... | |
 | 1914 - 580 pages
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 | John Epps - 1850 - 348 pages
...stronger their attraction grew, As nearer to each other borne ? And he adds— The very law that moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guide the planets in their course. He thus recognizes in the language of poetic beauty that the law... | |
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That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. 
