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Page 13
... setting sun Dropt from the Zenith , like a falling star On Lemnos , the Ægean isle . These observations will be found to apply to the * Par . Lost . I. 740 . shield of Hercules and the shield of Achilles . These INTRODUCTION . 13.
... setting sun Dropt from the Zenith , like a falling star On Lemnos , the Ægean isle . These observations will be found to apply to the * Par . Lost . I. 740 . shield of Hercules and the shield of Achilles . These INTRODUCTION . 13.
Page 39
... stars all followed the same course , though rising in different parts of the horizon , he might naturally suspect , that the earth was poised in cir- cumambient air by some invisible and inconceivable power , or supported by an axis ...
... stars all followed the same course , though rising in different parts of the horizon , he might naturally suspect , that the earth was poised in cir- cumambient air by some invisible and inconceivable power , or supported by an axis ...
Page 40
... stars , is another celestial object , that could not escape his notice . He might even recognize a relation between the different appearances of the moon , and its position with respect to the sun ; which would , in process of time ...
... stars , is another celestial object , that could not escape his notice . He might even recognize a relation between the different appearances of the moon , and its position with respect to the sun ; which would , in process of time ...
Page 41
... stars , but also to certain clus- ters ; and could not fail to observe , that , while some of these constellations revolved in larger circles , others were confined to narrower bounds ; and that they all appeared to regard one point in ...
... stars , but also to certain clus- ters ; and could not fail to observe , that , while some of these constellations revolved in larger circles , others were confined to narrower bounds ; and that they all appeared to regard one point in ...
Page 44
... star ; and of the star , that announces the light of Aurora , daughter of the morning . But she is not described as differing from the fixed stars . Hesperus and Phosphorus , or Lucifer , were considered as different stars long after ...
... star ; and of the star , that announces the light of Aurora , daughter of the morning . But she is not described as differing from the fixed stars . Hesperus and Phosphorus , or Lucifer , were considered as different stars long after ...
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