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Page 148
... nature peculiar to each , which give a charm and freshness to the rolling year , must have been to Milton a source of pleasure and delight , and have stimulated his poetic fancy . His observation of natural phenomena , and his keen ...
... nature peculiar to each , which give a charm and freshness to the rolling year , must have been to Milton a source of pleasure and delight , and have stimulated his poetic fancy . His observation of natural phenomena , and his keen ...
Page 227
... nature totally unknown to us , and that the nebulosity about those stars was not of a starry nature . ' Thirteen stars of this type have been enumerated by him and many others have since been discovered . The ' glow ' which sur- rounds ...
... nature totally unknown to us , and that the nebulosity about those stars was not of a starry nature . ' Thirteen stars of this type have been enumerated by him and many others have since been discovered . The ' glow ' which sur- rounds ...
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... nature of the Milky Way , remarked that the stars were not illumined by the Sun's rays in the same manner that the planets are , but expressed no opinion with regard to their physical constitution . It is only within the past fifty ...
... nature of the Milky Way , remarked that the stars were not illumined by the Sun's rays in the same manner that the planets are , but expressed no opinion with regard to their physical constitution . It is only within the past fifty ...
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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