The Poetical Works of John MiltonMacmillan, 1911 - 625 pages |
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... is within human experience . Their forms are dilatable or contractible at pleasure ; they move with incredible swiftness ; and , as they are not subject to any law of gravitation , their motion C 2 INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST . 19.
... is within human experience . Their forms are dilatable or contractible at pleasure ; they move with incredible swiftness ; and , as they are not subject to any law of gravitation , their motion C 2 INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST . 19.
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... moved . " These two outermost spheres , or at least the Tenth Sphere , had been added in the Middle Ages ; and , indeed , the Ptolemaic system , so com- pleted up to the final number of Ten Spheres , may be called rather the Alphonsine ...
... moved . " These two outermost spheres , or at least the Tenth Sphere , had been added in the Middle Ages ; and , indeed , the Ptolemaic system , so com- pleted up to the final number of Ten Spheres , may be called rather the Alphonsine ...
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... moves , and the Heavens " stand still . ' " There cannot be a more distinct proof than this incidental , passage affords , of the utter repulsiveness of the Copernican theory to even the educated English intellect as late as the middle ...
... moves , and the Heavens " stand still . ' " There cannot be a more distinct proof than this incidental , passage affords , of the utter repulsiveness of the Copernican theory to even the educated English intellect as late as the middle ...
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... They pass the Planets Seven , and pass the Fixed , And that Crystalline Sphere whose balance weighs The trepidation talked , and that First Moved . " Here we have the Alphonsine heavens in their order ,. 28 INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST .
... They pass the Planets Seven , and pass the Fixed , And that Crystalline Sphere whose balance weighs The trepidation talked , and that First Moved . " Here we have the Alphonsine heavens in their order ,. 28 INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST .
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... Moved our grand Parents , in that happy state , Favoured of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the World besides . Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The ...
... Moved our grand Parents , in that happy state , Favoured of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the World besides . Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The ...
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