 He scarce had ceas't when the superiour 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...  Outlines of Ancient and Modern History - Page 250by Royal Robbins - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hunt; on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ninji from the top of Fesote, Or in Vuldarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...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 artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...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 artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Vildaruo, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 582 pages
...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1822 - 580 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...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 Everting from the top of Fesol6, Or in Vnldunio, to descry new lands, ' Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...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 artist views, At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...temper, massy, large, and round, 'Aba Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'nlng from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, u90 Rivers, or mountains, on her... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...inequalities on the surface of the moon, and his knowledge of her vibration, his calculation of tha longitude by the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites,...seventy-eight years. Towards the close of his long life, nc became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...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 artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty... | |
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