 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...  La Belle Assemblée - Page 41810Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 312 pages
...shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hang 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 lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Gift books - 1829 - 414 pages
...loudlessheavens,perhapsfrom the very spot where Galileo himself stood, when Through optic glass the Tuscan artist gazed At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, and mountains in the spotty moon. One afternoon, it being the vigil of Easter, I was attracted... | |
 | 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...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 532 pages
...towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 572 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders, lik the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." classical Latin epitaph records the distinction and eminence... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...circumference .Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 1! in vs. in- mountains, on her spotty glohe. His spexr, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...to'ward the shore ; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...laid open by the telescope : — 11 The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, 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." A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...moon, whose 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...whose orb , Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views O<M'*.5% At Evening from the top of Fesole, & Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers,... | |
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