 | 1832 - 440 pages
...nearly half a century after the invention, some of the wonder* thus laid open by the telescope : — " 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 330 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, ass Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb 363 Better] See ^Eschyli Prometheus, ver. 976. Kpftffffov yap olfiai rySi \arptviiv *H irarpi tyvvai... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...a pernicious height! » He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fcsole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1833 - 518 pages
...variety : * He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic ghiss the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833
...Towards the close of his long hfe, he became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valciamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 5. Raleigh... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore: his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers , or mountains , in her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...round, 285 Behind him cast; the hroad 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, 29O Rivers or mountains, in her spotty glohe. His spear,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...pernicious hoighih." He scarce had ceased, when the supérieur fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...ANGELS.—MiltOll.r. I*. BI He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pondrous shield (Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round)...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb, Thro' optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to... | |
 | Ronald David Bedford - 1989 - 226 pages
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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... 
