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Page 44
... globe - a mere grain of sand in view of the mighty orbs around us , and yet to have pried with magnificent daring into the secrets of the universe ; to have made not only our globe , but other bodies , millions upon millions of miles ...
... globe - a mere grain of sand in view of the mighty orbs around us , and yet to have pried with magnificent daring into the secrets of the universe ; to have made not only our globe , but other bodies , millions upon millions of miles ...
Page 48
... stars are suns , many of them infinitely larger than our sun , and the idea of these falling in a shower upon our tiny globe is , in view of our present knowledge , ludicrously absurd . us . What , then , are shooting stars ? 48.
... stars are suns , many of them infinitely larger than our sun , and the idea of these falling in a shower upon our tiny globe is , in view of our present knowledge , ludicrously absurd . us . What , then , are shooting stars ? 48.
Page 101
... globe we groan in , fairest of their evening stars . Could we dream of wars and carnage , craft and madness , lust and spite , Roaring London , raving Paris , in that point of peaceful light ? Might we not in glancing heavenward on a ...
... globe we groan in , fairest of their evening stars . Could we dream of wars and carnage , craft and madness , lust and spite , Roaring London , raving Paris , in that point of peaceful light ? Might we not in glancing heavenward on a ...
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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