Movement in High Life
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Astronomy |
Discusses the behaviour of 'His Brightness the Comet' as if it were a monarch. Observations include the fact that the comet 'was attended by a brilliant suite', that it 'starred most successfully for a limited number of nights', and that it may return in two thousand years time. | |
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