Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield... La Belle Assemblée - Pagina 651810Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 518 pagine
...of the system which gave least satisfaction to the mind of Milton, for he makes the Angel say, — He his fabric of the heavens Hath left to their disputes,...how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances, how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. —... | |
| Francis Bowen - 1855 - 512 pagine
...to pry into those secrets of the heavens which " the great Architect did wisely to conceal : " — " He his fabric of the heavens Hath left to their disputes,...how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb." The... | |
| 1909 - 502 pagine
...conceal, and not divulge His secrets, to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire. Or, if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath...how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the Sphere With Centric and Eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and Epicycle, orb in orb. Already... | |
| John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 pagine
...amusement that some men should be rash enough to try to uncover the secrets of the cosmos : he [God] his fabric of the heavens Hath left to their disputes,...how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances. 76 After the fall the earth suffered a change in its climate : it became seasonal, either because God... | |
| Giorgio de Santillana - 1955 - 365 pagine
...conceal, and not divulge His secrets, to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire. Or, if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath...how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. . .... | |
| I. Bernard Cohen - 1985 - 280 pagine
...that God must surely be moved to laughter by men's activities: . . . when they come to model Heav'n And calculate the Stars, how they will wield The mighty...how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances, how gird the Sphere With Centric and Eccentric scribbled o 'er, Cycle and Epicycle, Orb in Orb . .... | |
| S. Pines, Y. Yovel - 1986 - 312 pagine
...conceal, and not divulge / his secrets to be scanned by them who ought / rather admire or, if they list to try / conjecture. He his fabric of the Heavens...how build, unbuild, contrive / to save appearances, how gird the Sphere / with Centre and Eccentric scribbled o'er, / Cycle and Epicycle, orb in orb. (Paradise... | |
| Owen Barfield - 1988 - 196 pagine
...himself laughing at the astronomers when he wrote in the Eighth book of Paradise Lost: Or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the heavens Hath...how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. Nor... | |
| Eugene Victor Walter - 1988 - 276 pagine
...sensed the connection in his reference to the astronomers: "Hereafter, when they come to model heav'n / And calculate the stars, how they will wield / The...how build, unbuild, contrive / To save appearances . . ."31 By construction we ratify the features of experience that we take for granted and accept.... | |
| Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - 160 pagine
...laughter? How are his musings about creation to be distinguished from those who "come to model Heav'n / And calculate the Stars, how they will wield / The mighty frame, how build, unbuild" the universe (VIII. 79-81)? And if the criterion for proper knowledge is usefulness, of what immediate... | |
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