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A True History employs the moon voyage merely as a species of literary and historiographical criticism , but Plutarch's earlier symposium ( 1st century A.D. ) , On the Face Appearing within the Orb of the Moon , represents a more ...
A True History employs the moon voyage merely as a species of literary and historiographical criticism , but Plutarch's earlier symposium ( 1st century A.D. ) , On the Face Appearing within the Orb of the Moon , represents a more ...
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“ That there should be Antipodes was once thought as great a Paradox as now that the Moon should be habitable , ” announces his preface , “ lblut the knowledge of this may seem more properly reserved for this our discovering age : In ...
“ That there should be Antipodes was once thought as great a Paradox as now that the Moon should be habitable , ” announces his preface , “ lblut the knowledge of this may seem more properly reserved for this our discovering age : In ...
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For instance , there is Pfaall's description of his landing on the Moon : I still fell with horrible rapidity , and was now not more than a mile from the surface . As a last resource , therefore , having got rid of my coat , hat , and ...
For instance , there is Pfaall's description of his landing on the Moon : I still fell with horrible rapidity , and was now not more than a mile from the surface . As a last resource , therefore , having got rid of my coat , hat , and ...
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