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... thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth ? Admiral Smyth says that this noble passage is more ...
... thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth ? Admiral Smyth says that this noble passage is more ...
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... ( thou remember'st , for thou heard'st ) The Heavens and all the constellations rung , The planets in their stations listening stood , While the bright pomp ascended jubilant . ' Open ye everlasting gates ! ' they sung ; ' Open ye Heavens ...
... ( thou remember'st , for thou heard'st ) The Heavens and all the constellations rung , The planets in their stations listening stood , While the bright pomp ascended jubilant . ' Open ye everlasting gates ! ' they sung ; ' Open ye Heavens ...
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... Thou Sun , of this great world both eye and soul , Acknowledge Him thy greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course , both when thou climb'st , And when high noon hast gained , and when thou fall'st . Moon , that now meet'st the ...
... Thou Sun , of this great world both eye and soul , Acknowledge Him thy greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course , both when thou climb'st , And when high noon hast gained , and when thou fall'st . Moon , that now meet'st 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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