 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 6by John Milton - 1826 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 pages
...admiral's mast" but " his shield " to the moon seen through a telescope!" " His pond'rous shield " Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb " Through...Tuscan artist views " At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FESOLE, " Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, " RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE." Who does... | |
 | 1823 - 878 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...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Milton, Book... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...Fiend "Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...orb ? Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At Everting from the top of Fesol6, Or in Vnldunio, to descry new lands, ' Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...air That felt unusual weight— — His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...superior Fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pond'rous shield. Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind F / Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...pernicious height. He scarce had ceas'd when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 285...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb 2?6. —on the perilous edge Of battle] Perhaps he had in mind Virgil, Jf.n. ix. 528. Et iiucuin ingentei... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...\Vas moving toward the shore ; hispond'ro us shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, 'Aba Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'nlng from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, u90 Rivers, or mountains, on her... | |
 | 1824 - 294 pages
...dusky air, That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield, • Ethereal 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, Kivers, or mountains,... | |
 | 1827 - 294 pages
...amazed ; No wonder, fallen such a pernicious highth. He scarce had ceased, when the superiour Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Voldarno, to descry new... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 358 pages
...distinctly alluded to him : thus in the first book, when describing the shield of Satan, he says, its , broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe. And again in... | |
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