...metaphysically, as of the Ptolemaists physically, it may be said that there is an interest in knowing "how they will wield The mighty frame; how build,...eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb." Whether Mr. Mill has adequately met the alleged difficulty of reconciling such an idealistic theory...

...metaphysically, as of the Ptolemaists physically, it may be said that there is an interest in knowing "how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build,...eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb." Whether Mr. Mill has adequately met the alleged difficulty of reconciling such an idealistic theory...

...perhaps to move Hia laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven Anil calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty...sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, and epicycle, orb in orb : y by thy reasoning this I guess, fbo art to lead thv offspring, and supposes!...

...fabric of the heaveiu Hath left to their disputes; perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinion! wide Hereafter, when they come to model heaven And...mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive, To save appearancei ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb...

...great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scann'd by them who ought Rather admire ; or if they list to try Conjecture,...disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinion wide 78 Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield...

...and lasciviousuess crown the ceremonies of the sanctuary. When men come to model heaven, " How they wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive,...scribbled o'er ; Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb:" yet every progress of thought " making confusion worse confounded." Indian idolatry has touched bottom....

...might be suspected from the parallelism to Milton, Paradise Lost, 8. 76, ' He his fabric of the heav'ns Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter...come to model heaven And calculate the stars, how will they wield The mighty power ! how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle...

...great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire ; or, if they list to try Conjecture,...eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb." See also Nichol, Solar System, p. 7 : " Nothing in later times ought to obscure the glory of Hipparchus,...

...and lasciviousness crown the ceremonies of the sanctuary. When men come to model heaven, "How they wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive...eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb ;" yet every progress of thought "making confusion worse confounded." Indian idolatry has touched bottom....

...for the apparent stoppings and retrograde motions of the planets. Compare Milton, PL viii. 80 — ' How they will wield The mighty frame ; how build,...eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb.' knew there were no such things ; and, in like manner, that the Schoolmen had framed a number of subtile...