 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 oldal
...browzes. As to the origin uf aquarius, the winter bein<; a wet, uncomfortable season, was well expressed by the figure of a man pouring out water from an urn. The last of the signs is pisces, a couple of fishes tied together ; the application appeared to be... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1819 - 380 oldal
...tropic, and gradually to increase in height for the ensuing half year. Aquarius, or the Water-bearer, is represented by the figure of a man pouring out water...the dreary and uncomfortable season of winter. The Chaldeans and Egyptians were the original inventors of astronomy ; they registered the events in their... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 oldal
...tropic, and gradually to increase in height for the ensuing half year. Aquarius, or the Water-bearer, is represented by the figure of a man pouring out water...couple of fishes, tied back to back, representing the fishing-season. The severity of the winter is over, the flocks do not aiford sustenance, but the seas... | |
 | Jacob Green - 1871 - 240 oldal
...from the southern tropic, and gradually to increase in height for the ensuing half year. Aquarius is represented by the figure of a man pouring out water from an urn, an emblem of the rainy and uncomfortable season of winter. The Fish, or twelfth and last old zodiacal sign, denoted... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1826 - 360 oldal
...to ascend from the southern tropic, and gradually to increase in height for the ensuing half year. out water from an urn, an emblem of the dreary and...couple of fishes, tied back to back, representing the fishing-season. The severity of the winter is over, the flocks do not afford sustenance, but the seas... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1832 - 370 oldal
...S. 68. 40 S. 130. 30 S. 62. 62 S. 159. 50 S. 145. 0 278. 50 S. 359. 66 S. 238. 65 S. 75. 62 S. oat water from an urn, an emblem of the dreary and uncomfortable...couple of fishes, tied back to back, representing the fishing-season. The severity of the winter is over, the flocks do not afford sustenance, but the seas... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 oldal
...from the southern tropic, and gradually to increase in height for the ensuing half year. Aquarius is represented by the figure of a man pouring out water from an urn, an emblem of the rainy and uncomfortable season of winter. The Fish, or twelfth and last old zodiacal sign, denoted... | |
 | 1837 - 486 oldal
...tropick, and gradually to increase in height for the ensuing half year. Aquarius, or the water-bearer, is represented by the figure of a man pouring out water...tied back to back, representing the fishing season. When the severity of the winter is over, the fields do not afford sustenance, but the seas and rivers... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1838 - 160 oldal
...13. How is the Lion ? 14. How is Virgo ? 15. How is Libra ? 16. How is the Scorpion ? 17. Aquarius is represented by the figure of a man pouring out water from an urn, an emblem of the rainy and uncomfortable season of winter. The Fish, or twelfth and last old zodiacal sign, denoted... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1838 - 350 oldal
...also, is represented in an inverted position. AQUARIUS. THE WATER-BEARER. — This constellation is represented by the figure of a man, pouring out water from an urn. It is situated in the Zodiac, immediately S. of the equinoctial, and bounded by the Little Horse, Pegasus,... | |
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VV ater-bearer, i9 represented by the figure of a man pouring out water from an urn ; an emblem of the dreary and uncomfortable season of winter The last of the zodiacal constellations was Pisces, or a couple of fishes, tied back to back, representing... 
