The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-WorldNewcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of
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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of
Science fiction; Utopias -- Fiction; Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800
which motion is so just and exact, that neither can hinder or obstruct
the other; for they do not exceed their Tropicks: and although they
should meet, yet we in this World cannot so well perceive them, by
reason of the brightness of our Sun, which being nearer to us, obstructs
the splendor of the Sun of the other World, they being too far off to be
discerned by our optick perception, except we use very good Telescopes;
by which, skilful Astronomers have often observed two or three Suns at once.
But to return to the wandering Boat, and the distressed Lady; she seeing
all the Men dead, found small comfort in life; their Bodies which were
preserved all that while from putrefaction and stench, by the extremity
of cold, began now to thaw, and corrupt; whereupon she having not
strength enough to fling them over-board, was forced to remove out of
her small Cabine, upon the deck, to avoid the nauseous smell; and
finding the Boat swim between two plains of Ice, as a stream that runs
betwixt two shores, at last perceived land, but covered all with Snow:
from which came, walking upon the Ice, strange Creatures, in shape like
Bears, only they went upright as men; those Creatures coming near the
Boat, catched hold of it with their Paws, that served them instead of
hands; some two or three of them entred first; and when they came out,
the rest went in one after another; at last having viewed and observed
all that was in the Boat, they spake to each other in a language which
the Lady did not understand; and having carried her out of the Boat,
sunk it, together with the dead men.
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