 Seneca also expressed the opinion that some comets portend mischief: ' Some comets,' he said, 'are very cruel and portend the worst misfortunes ; they bring with them and leave behind them the seeds of blood and slaughter.  The World of Comets - Síða 12eftir Amédée Guillemin - 1877 - 548 síðurHeildartexta - Um bókina
 | Belgravia - 1877 - 556 síður
...' the heavens appeared on fire, flaming torches traversed in all directions the depths of space ; a comet, that fearful star which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its horrid hair.' Seneca also expressed the opinion that some comets portend mischief: ' Some comets,'... | |
 | 1877 - 604 síður
...' the heavens appeared on fire, flaming torches traversed in all directions the depths of space ; a comet, that fearful star which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its horrid hair.' Seneca also expressed the opinion that some comets portend mischief: ' Some comets,'... | |
 | 1877 - 616 síður
...' the heavens appeared on fire, flaming torches traversed in all directions the depths of space ; a comet, that fearful star which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its horrid hair.' Seneca also expressed the opinion that some comets portend mischief: ' Some comets,'... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1878 - 498 síður
...' the heavens appeared on fire, flaming torches traversed in all directions the depths of space ; a comet, that fearful star which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its horrid hair.' Seneca also expressed the opinion that some comets portend mischief: ' Some comets,'... | |
 | 1880 - 458 síður
...stars, the heavens appeared on fire, flaming torches traversed in all directions the depths of space ; a comet, that fearful star which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its horrid hair." And when Constantinople was besieged by Gainas, "so great was the danger which hung over... | |
 | Howard Robinson - 1916 - 160 síður
...of blood, an example of which he saw in the civil commotion of 86 BC He wrote of the comet of 48 BC, "We have in the war between Caesar and Pompey an example...that fearful star, which overthrows the powers of earth, showed its terrible locks. 2 As we come down to the Middle Ages and to Christian writers plenty... | |
 | Mary Proctor - 1926 - 264 síður
...attached to comets by the ancients. For instance, when referring to the comet of 48 BC, he observes: "We have in the war between Caesar and Pompey an example...terrible effects which follow the apparition of a comet. . . . That fearful star, which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its terrible locks." The... | |
 | Mary Proctor - 1926 - 262 síður
...For instance, when referring to the comet of 48 BC, he observes: "We have in the war between Csesar and Pompey an example of the terrible effects which follow the apparition of a comet. . . . That fearful star, which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its terrible locks." The... | |
 | Mary Elsnau - 1996 - 62 síður
...sky, nor so often did dread comats blaze." Pliny, in his Natural History tells of the comet of BC 48, "We have in the war between Caesar and Pompey an example...terrible effects which follow the apparition of a comet . ... That fearful star , which overthrows the powers of the earth, showed its terrible locks." Shakespeare,... | |
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