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... light was good ; And light from darkness by the hemisphere Divided ; light the day , and darkness night He named . Thus was the first day even and morn : Nor passed uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial quires , when orient light ...
... light was good ; And light from darkness by the hemisphere Divided ; light the day , and darkness night He named . Thus was the first day even and morn : Nor passed uncelebrated , nor unsung By the celestial quires , when orient light ...
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... light by far the greater part he took , Transplanted from her cloudy shrine , and placed In the Sun's orb , made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gathered beams , great palace now of Light . Hither , as ...
... light by far the greater part he took , Transplanted from her cloudy shrine , and placed In the Sun's orb , made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gathered beams , great palace now of Light . Hither , as ...
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... light , but no sun . The reason usually given in explanation of this pheno- menon is , that the heavenly bodies were ... light for the first three days sojourned in a cloudy shrine or tabernacle , and was afterwards transplanted in the ...
... light , but no sun . The reason usually given in explanation of this pheno- menon is , that the heavenly bodies were ... light for the first three days sojourned in a cloudy shrine or tabernacle , and was afterwards transplanted in the ...
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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