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Langton said very well to me afterwards, that he could repeat Johnson's conversation before dinner, as Johnson had said that he could repeat a complete chapter of The Natural History of Iceland, from the Danish of Horrebow, the whole of which was exactly thus: 'CHAP. LXXII. Concerning snakes. 'There are no snakes to be met with throughout the whole island. Mr.
Fontana "discovered" it in 1645; Cassini an adept in the art of seeing recognised it in 1672, and again in 1686; Short watched it for a full hour in 1740 with varied instrumental means; Tobias Mayer in 1759, Montaigne in 1761; several astronomers at Copenhagen in March, 1764, noted what they considered its unmistakable presence; as did Horrebow in 1768.
He could not see the satellite with another telescope which he tried. But several of his friends saw it with the long telescope. Amongst others, Horrebow, Professor of Astronomy, saw the satellite on March 10 and 11, after taking several precautions to prevent optical illusion.
Stinton . He was at first in a very silent mood. Before dinner he said nothing but 'Pretty baby, to one of the children. Langton said very well to me afterwards, that he could repeat Johnson's conversation before dinner, as Johnson had said that he could repeat a complete chapter of The Natural History of Iceland, from the Danish of Horrebow, the whole of which was exactly thus:
The fact is that magnificent as was the conception of Copernicus, it was dwarfed by the conception of stretches from star to star so vast that the whole orbit of the earth was only a point in comparison. An indication of the extent to which the difficulty thus arising was felt is seen in the title of a book published by Horrebow, the Danish astronomer, some two centuries ago.
Norway and part of Sweden were visited by this traveller on foot, and he gives details of scenery, &c. which only a foot traveller could procure. The natural History of Iceland. By Horrebow, 1758. folio. Von Troil's Letters from Iceland. 1780. 8vo. This translation is not nearly so accurate as that into French, published in Paris, 1781. 8vo. Travels in Iceland during the Summer of 1810.
The Danish Government, conceiving that its intentions were misrepresented by this work, procured a reply to be written by Niels Horrebow, and this was published, in 1752, under the title of Tilforladelige Efterretninger om Island; in 1758, an English translation appeared in London. The object of the author was to answer all Anderson's charges and imputations. See ante, p. 255.
HORREBOW. A ring-plain of remarkable shape, resembling the analemma figure, standing at the S. end of the mountain range bounding J.F.W. Herschel on the W. Schmidt shows a crater on the W. wall, near the constriction on this side, and a second at the foot of the slope of the E. wall. PHILOLAUS. A ring-plain 46 miles in diameter, on the N.E. of Fontinelle.
BOSWELL. This note is first given in the second edition, being added, no doubt, at the Bishop's request. See post, 1780, in Mr. Langton's Collection. Chap. xlii. is still shorter: 'Concerning Owls. 'There are no owls of any kind in the whole island. Horrebow says in his Preface, p. vii: 'I have followed Mr.
So little could I tell of the matter that at one time I mistook Mr. Horrebow for Mr. Abbott. I have seen Mr. Kean play Sir Giles Overreach one night from the front of the pit, and a few nights after from the front boxes facing the stage. It was another thing altogether.
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