 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 Tuscan artist views At evening, from the...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 6by John Milton - 1834 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...pernicious highth." He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic-glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 pages
...Invariable Principles, p. 15 J . t [ " 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 pines, Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...Bowles's Invariable Principles, p. 15.] -" 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 pines, Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 pages
...God, teaching what Science could never learn us, but not conflicting with it. CHAPTER III. * Parallax. "The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...top of Fesole' Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe."—Milton. WE have now shown that our earth is revolving... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...pernicious height. He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viowB At Evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1848 - 728 pages
...Towards the close of his long lif» he became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass, the...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 6. Raleigh (Sir Walter) was one of the most brilliant and... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear—to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...pernicious height. He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viows At Evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 pages
...air That felt unusual weight . • His ponderous shield, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear (to equal...Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie ." To which we may... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1849 - 560 pages
...and noblest walks of poetry, we meet with nothing equal to that exquisite description of Milton : " Like the moon whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 9 C TOSCANE ITALIE. Mille illusions se présentent en foule... | |
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