Jeremiah Horrocks Quote

Come then, ye renowned astronomers of our own times! Behold here a noble reward, - Venus promises Urania, fairer than any Helen, to him who shall happily win her.


Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Jeremiah Horrox, Chapter X (p. 164), Wertheim, Macintosh & Hunt. 1859


Come then, ye renowned astronomers of our own times! Behold here a noble reward, - Venus promises Urania, fairer than any Helen, to him who shall...

Come then, ye renowned astronomers of our own times! Behold here a noble reward, - Venus promises Urania, fairer than any Helen, to him who shall...

Come then, ye renowned astronomers of our own times! Behold here a noble reward, - Venus promises Urania, fairer than any Helen, to him who shall...

Come then, ye renowned astronomers of our own times! Behold here a noble reward, - Venus promises Urania, fairer than any Helen, to him who shall...