...Earth so far, that earthly sight, If it presume, might err in things too high, And no advantage gain.'* 'But whether thus these things, or whether not —...Heaven, Rise on the Earth, or Earth rise on the Sun; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive...

...Earth so far, that earthly sight, If it presume, might err in things too high, And no advantage gain.'* 'But whether thus these things, or whether not —...Heaven, Rise on the Earth, or Earth rise on the Sun; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive...

...darker yet. Read your own Protestant Milton, who derived His mighty argument from my master's lips : " Whether the sun predominant in heaven Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun ; Leave them to God above ; Him serve and fear." Just as in boyhood, when my master watched The swinging...

...of the planetary system), had the glory of ascertaining the true principles. The great problem was : "Whether the sun predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun ; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or the from the west her silent course advance With inoffensive...

...moved (Par. Lost viii), the Archangel Raphael, while giving a hint of Copernican truth, thus advised : But whether thus these things, or whether not, Whether the sun predominant in heav'n Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, Solicit, not thy thoughts with matters hid, Leave...

...light, conveyed so far Down to this habitable, which returns Light back to them, is obvious to dispute. But whether thus these things, or whether not —...heaven, Rise on the Earth, or Earth rise on the Sun; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive...

...several spheres thought must ascribe?"3 But once again, the final conclusion tended to scepticism: But whether thus these things or whether not, Whether the sun predominant in heav'n Rise on the earth or earth rise on the sun [...] Solicit not thy thoughts with matters bid:...

...astronomical issues continued to be fashionable among radical Protestants as well as conservative Catholics: Whether the sun predominant in heaven Rise on the earth or earth rise on the sun . . . Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid: Leave them to God above, him serve and fear. ' So...

...arguments for and against the Ptolemaic system through Raphael's words. It does not matter, Raphael says, whether "the sun predominant in Heaven/ Rise on the Earth, or Earth rise on the sun." Adam should concern himself only with things that lie before him in "daily life." Thus far, Adam's...

...light, conveyed so far Down to this habitable, which returns Light back to them, is obvious to dispute.0 But whether thus these things, or whether not, Whether the sun predominant in heaven 160 Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from...