 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...  An Introduction to Astronomy ... - Page 332by John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, «8f Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol£, Or in Valdarao, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe' His spear... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference , Hung on his shoulders like...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Vildaruo, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Poetry - 1822 - 260 pages
...admiral's mast" but " his shield " to the moon seen through a telescope!" " His pond'rous shield " Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb " Through...OF FESOLE, " Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, " RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE." Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 582 pages
...complain, when you use MILTON thus ? I beseech you recollect MILTON'S image. "His pond'rons shield Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At EVFNING, FROM THE TOP OF FtSOLE, Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1822 - 404 pages
...situation of Fiesole is adverted to by Milton, in his beautiful comparison of the shield of Satan to the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesolé." III. v. 4to. ed. vol. ip 7. 8vo. ed. vol. ip 10. " The superiority which the Florentines... | |
 | Great Britain - 1822 - 580 pages
...What reason have I to complain, when you use MILTON thus ? i beseech you recollect MILTON'S image. Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views "His pond'ruus shield At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FESOLE, Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, RIVERS,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Etherial 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 artist views At evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno ; to descry new... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; Thnr optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'Btng, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast : the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...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
...unusual weight— — His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
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