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... created universe were limited and circumscribed by this form of astronomical belief . In the works of more recent writers we find that it continued to assert its influence ; and among our English poets , from Chaucer down to Shakespeare ...
... created universe were limited and circumscribed by this form of astronomical belief . In the works of more recent writers we find that it continued to assert its influence ; and among our English poets , from Chaucer down to Shakespeare ...
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... created , thus the Earth , Matter unformed and void . Darkness profound Covered the abyss ; but on the watery calm ... Creation by describing the progress of the Deity on His great expedition , accompanied by hosts of angels and ...
... created , thus the Earth , Matter unformed and void . Darkness profound Covered the abyss ; but on the watery calm ... Creation by describing the progress of the Deity on His great expedition , accompanied by hosts of angels and ...
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... Creation Milton has adhered with marked fidelity to the Mosaic version , as narrated in the first two chapters of Genesis , when God , by specific acts in certain stated periods of time , created the visible universe and all that it ...
... Creation Milton has adhered with marked fidelity to the Mosaic version , as narrated in the first two chapters of Genesis , when God , by specific acts in certain stated periods of time , created the visible universe and all that it ...
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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