This and other fears of the solar system have disappeared gradually, first, with the Ptolemaic system and its built-in concept of periodicity and then, more firmly, with the Newtonian innovation of an universal force that could account quantitatively for both terrestial and celestial motions.

The rubber and glass face mask slipped from Poet's forehead, bounced painlessly off Nick's chin, then disappeared.

According to the stories, the derelict disappeared ; others elaborating further that the derelict reappeared minus the prize crew, then disappeared again with a second prize crew on board.

It disappeared after a British bombing raid destroyed the library at Elbing but before then facsimiles had been made.

He taught them laws and then disappeared.

The Great Auk had disappeared from Funk Island by 1800, and an account by Aaron Thomas of HMS Boston from 1794 described how the bird had been systematically slaughtered until then:

As punishment Khusrau Mirza was blinded, and the Sikh Guru Arjan Dev ( the fifth Sikh guru ) tortured for five days until he disappeared while taking a bath in a river — for giving the then fugitive Khusrau Mirza money when he visited Guru Arjan.

One of the more central elements of the game is that the Demiurge has disappeared since just before the 20th century, and since then Astaroth, the Archons and the Death Angels have been struggling for power.

* In 1967 then prime minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming on 17 December and was declared presumed dead on 19 December.

The name of the city was preserved at first by a Turkish village on the nearby plain, Philibedjik ( Filibecik, " Little Filibe " in Turkish ), which has since disappeared and then by a Greek village in the mountains.

Hence some believe that the lyrics of the Dutch national anthem were the creation of someone who just wrote one poem for the occasion and then disappeared from history.

Ulf threw his lot in with Robert Curthose, who knighted him, and then disappeared from history.

Richard then ascended the throne as Richard III on 6 July 1483, and Edward V and his brother disappeared shortly afterwards.

Gelli then disappeared on the eve of being imprisoned, in May 1998, while being under house arrest in his mansion near Arezzo.

Vosill disappeared from the ship she departed on ; her disappearance was only discovered after a sudden burst of wind and chain-fire struck the ship, then vanished as quickly.

They then covered for him by claiming that he had disappeared.

While record labels in New Orleans largely disappeared by the mid-1960s, producers in the city continued to record New Orleans soul artists for other mainly New York and Los Angeles record labels — notably Lee Dorsey for New York – based Amy Records and the Meters for New York – based Josie and then LA-based Reprise.

He then disappeared from the public view.

Physically created strip bonds ( where the coupons are physically clipped and then traded separately ) were created in the early days of stripping in Canada and the U. S., but have virtually disappeared due to the high costs and risks associated with them.

The panels were then moved to the town hall, and only returned to view in 1569, by which time the elaborate frame had disappeared.

Neustria, Austrasia, and Burgundy then became united under one authority and the names " Neustria " and " Austrasia " gradually disappeared.

He then dug an underground residence and, once finished, he disappeared from the Thracians going down to his underground residence, where he lived for three years.

He then fled into the cavern at Lebadaea, and disappeared forever.

Brown disappeared for 18 months, and then he was arrested after a reported shootout with officers.

Sometimes he woke up in the middle of the night thinking of Ann, and then could not get back to sleep.

He brought his Winchester in from the front of the house, then faced the boy.

Morgan filled the fire box with wood again, then started supper and set the table.

She rubbed her eyes and stretched, then sat up, her hands going to her hair.

I gave you a drink and then you went to sleep ''.

then she murmured: `` You're very kind, Mr. Morgan.

She helped him with the dishes, then he brought more water in from the spring before it got dark.

He wiped his lips with a sleeve, then stared at Clayton in a childish kind of wonder.

It was nice then, so peaceful and quiet.

in the cold dawn the mist swirled low to the ground, then rose with a gust of sudden wind to leave the valley clear.

He scuttled in shadow along the east wall of the stockade and then followed the south wall until he was at the rear of the two frame buildings.

First it was the Nations against themselves, then it was them against the whites.

They poured through the opening in the valley, then spread out in a long line to come at us, brandishing their lances and filling the morning with their spine-chilling scalp cry.

I saw the clergyman kneel for a moment by the twitching body of the man he had shot, then run back to his position.

Others, badly wounded, gripped hands in manes, knees in bellies, held on as long as possible and then, weak from ghastly wounds, slipped sideways, slowly, almost thoughtfully, to be broken under the slashing hoofs.

She was carrying a quirt, and she started to raise it, then let it fall again and dangle from her wrist.

`` I don't mind washing dishes now and then '', he said pleasantly.

They could hear the pony's feet on the dry leaves for a while, then the sound faded out.

`` He works for my father '', the girl said, and then seemed to change her mind.

He watched the girl until she had gone into the trees, and waited until he couldn't hear the sound of her horse any longer, then went up to where the children were sleeping.

He would pick up the ringing phone with studied negligence, then bark into it with gruff importance.

But he came toward me sedately enough, showed me around the counter, offered me a seat inside his office, then walked to a file cabinet and got out my application.

Barton waited for a long moment, then asked the question which lay always uppermost in his mind.

If she, Pamela, were being held responsible for his crimes, then hers must be the final act of expiation.

For a moment, she could not catch her breath and then, her breath returning in short, frightened spasms, she lifted herself to her feet laboriously.