 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 էջ
...scarce had ceas'd when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore; his pond'rous shield} £thereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast;...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Feso!6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, a9o Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 էջ
...tears such as angels weep." His very armour and accoutrements glisten on us with a thousand beauties! ' His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon — ' and not only like the moon as seen to the upturned gaze of ordinary men, but as associated with... | |
 | 1803 - 412 էջ
...wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind...circumference Hung on his 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... | |
 | 1803 - 372 էջ
...air That felt unusual weight ....*..,. his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and ronnd. Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optsc glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno. to descry new... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 էջ
...Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper'd, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad...circumference Hung on his 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 էջ
...tbiiUi before your hearts, and 6ght With hearts more proof than ibitUi. Siaiif. His pond'rous tbitU, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton. »• Dcfcr.ce ; protection. 3- One that gives protection or security. The terror of the Trojan... | |
 | Joseph Sansom - 1805 - 544 էջ
...the classic eminence celebrated by Milton, when comparing the shield of Satan to the Moon, •whofe orb, Through optic glass the Tuscan Artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. Here too a... | |
 | Joseph Sansom - 1805 - 548 էջ
...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... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 էջ
...the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral. His ponderous shield Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass ¿he Tuscan artist views At evening ; when the moon rises; and, in converting Satan into Swaran, it... | |
 | 1806 - 408 էջ
...the shorej his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the brond circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viewsAt evening from the top of Fesol^, Or in Naldarno, to descry new lands. Rivers or mountains, in... | |
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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 Tuscan... 
