 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 էջ
...scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore : his pond'rous shield, 285 Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, 290 Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in... | |
 | 1866 - 662 էջ
...To this great man, whom the pope imprisoned for his invention of the telescope, he thus alludes : " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like...the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesola, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." Milton no doubt... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 էջ
...so as to obtain with it the finest views of the heavenly bodies. LETTER IV. TELESCOPE CONTINUED. -" the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of FesoH Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotted globe." — Milton.... | |
 | 1841 - 640 էջ
...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... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 474 էջ
...so as to obtain with it the finest views of the heavenly bodies. LETTER IV. TELESCOPE CONTINUED. -" the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole* Or in Valdurno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotted globe." — Milton. THE two most... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 էջ
...astounded and amazed; No wonder, fallen such a pernicious height." He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield,...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 էջ
...amazed : No wonder, Tallen such a pernicious heighth. » He scarce had ceased , when the supérieur fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield,..., whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist Tiews At evening , from the top of Fesole , Or in Yaldarno , to descry new lands , Rivers or mountains... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 էջ
...astounded and amaz'd ; No wonder, fall'n such a pernicious highth." He scarce had ceas'd when the superior glaes the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesolc HOOK 1. Or in Valdamo, to dr scry new... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 էջ
...astounded and amaz'd ; No wonder, fall'n such a pernicious highth." He scarce had ceas'd when the superior tho Moon, whose orb Through optic glass tho Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesolc BOOK... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 էջ
...in length the arch-fiend lay, Chained on the burning lake. He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield,...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
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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... 
