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"Because most probably then the rotary motion of the moon upon her axis was not equal to her revolution, an equality which presents each part of her disc during fifteen days to the action of the solar rays." "Granted," replied Nicholl, "but why should not these two motions have been equal, as they are really so?" "Because that equality has only been determined by terrestrial attraction.
There was no difficulty in obeying these orders, for the attraction had ceased; the sun shone forth in all his glory, and the shepherd vanished with a lamentable scream.
In virtue of the attraction of gravity, then, the magnets, if perfectly free to move, would slowly approach each other. But besides the unpolar force of gravity, which belongs to matter in general, the magnets are endowed with the polar force of magnetism. For a time, however, the polar forces do not come sensibly into play.
Its whole attraction consisted in idealizing jocularly the reality that came nearest home to every one of the spectators, that is, in representing it under the light of the most preposterous perversity; and how was it possible now to lash even the general mismanagement of the state-affairs, if no offence was to be given to individuals?
He has been called a Zoroastrian, because he recognised in the sun the sign of the presence of the Almighty. And there can be no doubt but that the simplicity of the system of the Pársís had a great attraction for him. In his own scheme there was no priesthood.
Now, from what little she had seen in the theatre, and taking into greatest consideration of all the proof of her own eyes that the woman was beautiful, eclipsing herself at every point of attraction, Sally was full-swept into the mad whirlpool of unreasoning jealousy.
About the middle of the afternoon, when the bull-fighting was at its height, the young man wanted appeared in the ring as the chief fighter and attraction of the day. Stepping at once to the policemen I told them that he must be brought immediately to the town-house, that the bull-fight must cease while our matters were arranged. With much grumbling and complaint they obeyed.
There was a little group round them by this time, men generally collected wherever Beau Lovelace aired his opinions, and a double attraction drew them together now in the person of the lovely woman to whom he was holding forth. Marcia Van Clupp stared mightily surely the Norwegian peasant would not understand Beau's similes, for they were certainly incomprehensible to Marcia.
He kept moving toward him, drawn by the fatal attraction, and at a few paces' distance the young man whirled about and showed him the face of a stranger.
It is well worth hearing; and as I see we shall be friends all, I would rather you heard it from his own mouth." "I sincerely hope I may call that man my friend, some day." "You may do so already. He was greatly taken with you on the journey down." "A mutual attraction then, I am happy to think. Good-bye, I am glad you like my plan." "I think it excellent. Anything hearty will do her good.
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