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Page 133
... beautiful object in the telescope , and who , as she traverses her orbit , exhibits all the varied changes of form presented by the Moon in her monthly journey round the Earth . These varying aspects of Venus were not unknown to Milton ...
... beautiful object in the telescope , and who , as she traverses her orbit , exhibits all the varied changes of form presented by the Moon in her monthly journey round the Earth . These varying aspects of Venus were not unknown to Milton ...
Page 280
... beautiful and lustrous of the planets , upon which men have gazed with long- ing admiration , and designated the emblem of ' all beauty and all love , ' should have impressed Milton's poetical imagination with its charming appearance ...
... beautiful and lustrous of the planets , upon which men have gazed with long- ing admiration , and designated the emblem of ' all beauty and all love , ' should have impressed Milton's poetical imagination with its charming appearance ...
Page 337
... beautiful description of the starry universe , of the Sun , Moon , and Earth ( Book III . 540-742 ) , enhanced and adorned with his own poetic imaginings derived from fable , philosophy , and science . Milton makes more frequent ...
... beautiful description of the starry universe , of the Sun , Moon , and Earth ( Book III . 540-742 ) , enhanced and adorned with his own poetic imaginings derived from fable , philosophy , and science . Milton makes more frequent ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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