10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENUMBROUS»
Discover the use of
penumbrous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
penumbrous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Elements of Astronomy, Physical and Geometrical
Therefore if the penumbrous Circle HM does at all reach CDG, the Earth's Disc, it
will reach it when its Center is in V: For in any other Point these Circles are farther
from each other. And for the fame reason, if HM reaches CDG, it will most of all ...
David Gregory, Edmond Halley, 1715
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The Elements of Physical and Geometrical Astronomy: To which ...
But this little Circle is instead of a Circle of the Shadow, for it is the most obscure
Part of the Penumbrous Circle, and (like a full Shadow") equally dark ; that is, all
the Points thereof become enlighten'd, as the Disc of the Sun exceeds that of the
...
3
Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature
Grazing animals remove brush and lower limbs and mow the lawn beneath the
trees, creating that penumbrous grove in which lovers dance, the weary traveler
pauses to drink, the shepherd rests and plays, the philosopher ...
4
John Wordsworth on Snowdon: The Elegiac Sublime and the ...
... darkened penumbrous mist on Snowdon. Snowdon itself is not a mountain per
se in The Prelude but rather representative of a state of mind. It is all metaphor.
We are aware that the figure of the historical John Wordsworth appears in some ...
Michael David Raymond, 2008
5
Schirmer's Complete Rhyming Dictionary
cumbrous penumbrous slumberous slumbrous UM-BUR cucumber cumber
disencumber encumber incumber lumber misnumber number outnumber
renumber slumber umber Long U-MEN acumen albumen albumin bitumen
crewman human ...
6
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
... imaginary attributes immediately vanish, anil real talent and genius shine more
conspicuously, when no longer encircled by the penumbrous halo thrown off from
our own minds. Admiration hence becomes rational, because it is founded on ...
... associational constellation identified with the black knight thus can display
every kind and degree of Otherness, from telluric powers or the darkness of the
night to a placement beyond order and cosmesis, even the penumbrous,
hyperactive ...
8
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: The ...
Her teampiled up atherbackwith aclatterof colliding rifles and stumbling footsteps.
Ahead of themlaya wide-open section of the penumbrous underground maze.
Despite all her efforts todiscern freshsounds from the reverberations of the space,
...
It had been past four already when Pete had knocked on the door and by the time
we climbed the uneven steps back to the car park above the beach, the light was
fading quickly, casting the fields on the far side of the road into a penumbrous ...
10
Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
Although for some time rehabilitation was not a major objective of American
prisons, today it is on the rise. penological. See penal. pensioner. See annuitant.
penultimate. See ultimate. penumbral; ✳penumbrous. The second is a needless
...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENUMBROUS»
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penumbrous is used in the context of the following news items.
Grace Jones review – semi-clad queen of the costume change
The stage is largely bereft of colour, the band remain in penumbrous dark – but we didn't come here for them. Over 150 minutes, Jones offers a ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Daily Dave: A salute to the David Letterman loyalists
It had been converted to a studio years earlier, and Gurnee had once directed "The Garry Moore Show" from the now dusty and penumbrous ... «Newsday, May 15»
Alright on the Night: at Glyndebourne with the OAE
... girls in miniskirts from some hallucinogenic St Trinians - but the joke was sadly lost on those of us cast into the penumbrous realm of the pit. «The Arts Desk, Aug 14»
All I Want Is a High-Five From My Straight Best Friend About My …
Lean tongues tell lusty tales best: An imagination left to embellish laconic constructions and penumbrous seductions will fill a simple suggestive ... «Slate Magazine, Nov 13»
“V.” at L: Pynchon's First Novel Turns Fifty
My favorite passage, for example, involves Father Linus Fairing, a priest who ministers to rodents in New York's penumbrous underground, his ... «New Yorker, Mar 13»
Melvyn Bragg: 'I just don't want to go there'
The penumbrous light suits the sombre atmosphere. “Redemptive in the sense of a properly considered response and considered answer, but ... «Independent, Feb 09»
