He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the... Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 12by John Milton - 1820 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...seat Of Ataballfa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion'a sons Call El Dorado The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. i He has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 pages
...dusky air, That felt unusual weight • His pond'rous shield Bthereral temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains,... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...moving tow'ard the (bore; kis poud'rcuii Ethereal temper, massy, Irrge, ami round, Behind liirncast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist view* At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers or mountains on... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 460 pages
...Of Atabalipa, and' yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Genoa's son* Call El Dorado. • The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on liis shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 490 pages
...finely alludes to when he describes the shield of Satan, in the first book of his Paradise Lost. -" The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, r Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." Sereral astronomers have given us exact maps of the moon,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 464 pages
...seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El Dorado. The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hunt; on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ninji from the top of Fesote, Or in Vuldarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty... | |
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