 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 364 pages
...shield of Satan, he says, its , broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol<5, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe. And again in... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...which he first noticed, his invention of the cycloid, and his perception of the increasing celerity in the descent of bodies. He lived 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb , Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views O<M'*.5% At Evening from the top of Fesole, & Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 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 evening from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - World geography - 1833 - 676 pages
...which he first noticed, his invention of the cycloid, and his perception of the increasing celerity in the descent of bodies. He lived seventy-eight years. Towards the close of his long hfe, he became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through... | |
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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... 
