The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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... motion as well as of horizontal , may form them- selves in solids - in cubes as well as squares , and in spheres as well as circles . See Par . Reg . IV . 581-2 . 513. " horrent " : i.e. bristling . 517. " sounding alchymy " : i.e. ...
... motion as well as of horizontal , may form them- selves in solids - in cubes as well as squares , and in spheres as well as circles . See Par . Reg . IV . 581-2 . 513. " horrent " : i.e. bristling . 517. " sounding alchymy " : i.e. ...
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... motions , in part common and in part mutually independent , the ancient astronomers accounted for all the celestial phenomena . Respecting these Milton is to say more presently . 427-429 . " Save on that side , " & c . Round the whole ...
... motions , in part common and in part mutually independent , the ancient astronomers accounted for all the celestial phenomena . Respecting these Milton is to say more presently . 427-429 . " Save on that side , " & c . Round the whole ...
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... motions round our Earth as their stationary centre . See a detailed explanation of this Ptolemaic system in connexion with the scheme of Paradise Lost in the Introd . ( pp . 89-96 ) . Observe how Milton uses the Ptolemaic doctrine in ...
... motions round our Earth as their stationary centre . See a detailed explanation of this Ptolemaic system in connexion with the scheme of Paradise Lost in the Introd . ( pp . 89-96 ) . Observe how Milton uses the Ptolemaic doctrine in ...
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... motion accounts for the precession of the Equinoxes so much talked of here called also the " Crystalline " sphere in deference to the notion , which theologians had contributed to the Ptolemaic astronomy , that this Ninth Sphere must be ...
... motion accounts for the precession of the Equinoxes so much talked of here called also the " Crystalline " sphere in deference to the notion , which theologians had contributed to the Ptolemaic astronomy , that this Ninth Sphere must be ...
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... motion round the centre or spiral motion inwards , on one side of the centre ; " or longitude , " i.e. motion eastwards or westwards . 66 588--590 . a spot like which , " & M 2 BOOK III . ] 163 Notes to Paradise Lost .
... motion round the centre or spiral motion inwards , on one side of the centre ; " or longitude , " i.e. motion eastwards or westwards . 66 588--590 . a spot like which , " & M 2 BOOK III . ] 163 Notes to Paradise Lost .
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