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
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...tow'rd 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, Thro' optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...round) Behind him cast! the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb, Thro' optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear (to... | |
| Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 532 pages
...towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial 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, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." classical Latin epitaph records the distinction, and eminence... | |
| Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 572 pages
...temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, lik the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." classical Latin epitaph records the distinction and eminence... | |
| John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...and round, Behind him cast ; the hroad circumference .Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 1! in vs. in- mountains, on her spotty glohe. His spexr, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
| Richard Duppa - Architecture - 1829 - 558 pages
...remains of Galileo's observatory, or, at least, its situation, from these verses in the Paradise Lost, " The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fiesole, Or in Val d'Arno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." B. iv 287.... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...to'ward the shore ; his pond'roua 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, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Education - 1830 - 452 pages
...nearly half a century after the invention, some of the wonders thus laid open by the telescope : — " The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.'1 A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...nearly half a century after the invention, some of the wonders thus laid open by the telescope: — " The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol'S Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." A few days... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1830 - 452 pages
...nearly half a century after the invention, some of the wonders thus laid open by the telescope: — " The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesob, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." A few days... | |
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