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... fire , the highest of the elements , should link with the vital spark of a worm or an oyster . But the operations of ... fire and hence , fire being the best of the elements and heavenly fire being better than the elemental , the highest ...
... fire , the highest of the elements , should link with the vital spark of a worm or an oyster . But the operations of ... fire and hence , fire being the best of the elements and heavenly fire being better than the elemental , the highest ...
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... fire , which next below the sphere of the moon enclosed the globe of air that girded water and earth . It was hot and dry , rarefied , invisible to human sight , and was the fitting transition to the eternal realms of the planets . In ...
... fire , which next below the sphere of the moon enclosed the globe of air that girded water and earth . It was hot and dry , rarefied , invisible to human sight , and was the fitting transition to the eternal realms of the planets . In ...
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... fire . And , though they have their several seats , yet all Of these are made , to these again they fall . Resolved earth to water rarifies ; To air extenuated waters rise ; The air , when it itself again refines , To elemental fire ...
... fire . And , though they have their several seats , yet all Of these are made , to these again they fall . Resolved earth to water rarifies ; To air extenuated waters rise ; The air , when it itself again refines , To elemental fire ...
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