 | Joseph Sansom - 1805 - 548 pages
...the classic eminence celebrated by Milton, when comparing the shield of Satan to the Moon, wboft orbt Through optic glass the Tuscan Artist views, At evening, from the top of FiesoU, Or in VaUarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. Here Here too... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call ElDorado 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist vic\vs At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, ^96 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe : — His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...seat Of Ataballfa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion'a sons Call El Dorado The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. i He has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pages
...Hun« 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, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...Of Atabalifa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Geriou's sons Call El Dorado — The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in faUarno, to descry new lands.—— He has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables than to his... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 pages
...temper, massy, large, and pound, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...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...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the 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 her spotty globe. Hie spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
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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... 
