 | John Milton - 1852 - 858 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 lop of Fesolè , « Qui almeno Franchi sarem; qui nulla opró quel grande Da invidmr, nè cen vorrà... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 604 pages
...toward the shore, his ponderous shield 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 Fesole." Here the primary circumstance in the imagination of the poet is Satan, with his shield hung round his... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Europe - 1853 - 500 pages
...to which the great poet alludes, when he says, that Satan's shield " Hung o'er his shoulders, lite the moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fieaole", Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Bivers or mountains in her spotty globe." This observatory... | |
 | Alfred von Reumont - Italy - 1853 - 548 pages
...©efmtflc beâ SSerlorenen 5|krrtbicfc3 bet ?írbeiten béa großen gtorentincrâ gcbaifí: „ — 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." (Silt neuerer... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1853 - 456 pages
...round', | Behind him cast, ; I the broad circumference* | Hung on /tis shoulders li/cc the moon' 1 whose orb Through optic glass | the Tuscan artist views At evening | from the top of Fes'o-le, I Or in Valdarno,c| to descry new lands', | Riv'ers, or mountains,"1! in Aer spotty globe,. I His spear'... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 322 pages
...temper, massy, large, and round, 235 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, te, descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in their... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Europe - 1853 - 368 pages
...— 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, on her spotty globe." XXXVII. Byron,... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Europe - 1853 - 500 pages
...observations to which the great poet alludes, when he says, that Satan's shield "Hung o'er his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdai-no, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." This observatory... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind nun 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," etc. Of what we mean "by fiction, on the contrary, take the following as a specimen: "On Sunday,... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Europe - 1854 - 496 pages
...the great poet alludes, when he says, that Satan's shield " Hung o-er his shoulders, like the moou, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Ficsole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivera or mountains in her spotty globe." This observatory... | |
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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... 
