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... causes of eclipses were known , to observe , on a fine clear day , the great fount of light and life being gradu ... causes no fear . An eclipse of the sun is caused by the moon coming between the earth and the sun and cutting off the ...
... causes of eclipses were known , to observe , on a fine clear day , the great fount of light and life being gradu ... causes no fear . An eclipse of the sun is caused by the moon coming between the earth and the sun and cutting off the ...
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... caused the Plague of London . A comet was said to be the cause of the Thirty Years War . One appeared in B.C. 43 , the year of Cæsar's death , and was said to be his spirit and to indicate his reception among the gods . One was ...
... caused the Plague of London . A comet was said to be the cause of the Thirty Years War . One appeared in B.C. 43 , the year of Cæsar's death , and was said to be his spirit and to indicate his reception among the gods . One was ...
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... cause of new stars . ' " " TENNYSON . " " VASTNESS . " Many a hearth upon our dark globe sighs after many a vanish'd ... causes for this phenomenon , but one has been clearly proved and is referred to above in the note on " Dark Stars ...
... cause of new stars . ' " " TENNYSON . " " VASTNESS . " Many a hearth upon our dark globe sighs after many a vanish'd ... causes for this phenomenon , but one has been clearly proved and is referred to above in the note on " Dark Stars ...
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA appearance Astrology Astronomy in Shakespeare axis beams beautiful believe bright called cause celestial centre Century charm clouds Comets constellation Copernican Copernicus course crystal CYMBELINE dark Dickens distance doth double stars east eclipse falling fire firmament Fixed Stars globe golden HAMLET hath heaven heavenly bodies Helena Hell HENRY ideas KING JOHN KING LEAR KING RICHARD light Mars MEMORIAM meteor MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM miles Milton mind modern astronomy moon morning motion moving Neptune never night o'er PALACE OF ART Paradise Lost passage Phoebus planetary influence planets poem poet poetic poetry Pole Star Ptolemaic system references revolving round rising ROMEO AND JULIET round the earth Satan Saturn says Scene seen Shakespeare's plays shine shooting star SONNET sphere starry sun and moon sun's telescope TEMPEST TENNYSON thee thou thro TIMON OF ATHENS TITUS ANDRONICUS Venus wonder zodiac