...time and place are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature,1 hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms ; they around the flag Of each his faction, in their...

...time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...flag 900 Of each his faction, in their several clans, Light-armed or heavy, sharp, smooth, swift, or slow, Swarm populous, unnumbered as the sands Of Barca...

...time and place are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold 895 Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...flag 900 Of each his faction, in their several clans, Light-arm'd or heavy, sharp, smooth, swift, or slow, Swarm populous, unnumber'd as the sands Of Barca...

...time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...battle bring Their embryon atoms ; they around the flag soo Of each his faction, in their several clans, Light-arm'd or heavy, sharp, smooth, swift, or slow,...

...eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary Deep—a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot,...battle bring Their embryon atoms: they around the flag goo Of each his faction, in their several clans, Light-armed or heavy, sharp, smooth, swift, or slow,...

...thunder. Booh ii. Line 879. Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery. Booh ii. Line 894. Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave. Booh ii. Line 910....

...as his "Atomic Theory." CHAPTER IX. A SKETCH OF THE ATOMIC THEORY FROM THALES TO SIR ISAAC NEWTON. " For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce,...mastery, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms." — MILTON. lOEVAL with the manifestation of the reasoning faculties — that far and pre-historic...

...thunder. Book ii. Line 879. Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery. Book ii. Line 894. Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave. Book ii. Line 910....

...And time and place, are lost; where eldest Might And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...mastery, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms. ******* Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns: next him, high...

...time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold 895 Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion...900 Of each, his faction, in their several clans, ing (Lat. re, back ; unda, wave), curling over and over like waves. Are we to suppose that a kind of...