 | 1820 - 714 pages
...ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circnmferencr Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in lier spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hilla, to be the... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...pond'rous shield., Etheridl temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose orb Tlirough , I suppose : — All scribbled in the worst of-times,...crimes ; To praise queen Anne, nay more, defend her, His spear, to equal with the tallest pine Hewn on'Norwegian hills, to foe the mast Of some great ammiral,... | |
 | 1820 - 606 pages
...— " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb, Through optic slass. the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of...Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. Rivers, or mountain?, in her spotty globe." -" As when by night the glass Of Galileo, less assured, observes Imagined... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...seat Of Atabalipa, and yet ungpoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons 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... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference st He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was...cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders Galileo's country house was in Valdarno, and looked up at Fesolc ; to the top of which, he seems to... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...shield, Etheihil temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad ciroumfercncc Hung on bis shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral,... | |
 | 1822 - 788 pages
...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Thnr optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'Btng, / A * on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast... | |
 | 1823 - 878 pages
...pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast : the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Milton, Book i. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral,... | |
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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... 
