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... An Introduction to Astronomy ... - Page 332by John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...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... | |
| 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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 pages
...unusual weight • His pond'rous shield Bthereral 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 artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Genoa's sons Call El Dorado. The moon The Tuscan artist vievrs 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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 346 pages
...unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gei ion's sons Call El Dorado. The moon The Tuscan artist view* 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... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...Hung on Ins shoulders like the moon, whose orb Thro optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning from the 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| Joseph Cooper Walker - 1815 - 430 pages
...'• artist." Describing the shield of Satan, he compares it to 1 the moon, whose orb Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole', Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Riven, or mountains, in her snotty globe. Par. Lost, book i. 1. 187—191.... | |
| John Milton - 1815 - 240 pages
...hroad eirenmference \lw,g on his shonlders like the moon, whose orh nsh optic glass the Tnsean arti;t views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to desery new hont.., 390 Rivers or monntaias in her spotty glohe. His spear, to eqnal which the tallest... | |
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