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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... "
Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ... - Page lxxxvii
by Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 716 pages
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1830 - 492 pages
...variety : He scarce had ceas'd, when Die superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through nptic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new...
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An Abridgment of Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 326 pages
...variety : He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...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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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1831 - 292 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...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to he the...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...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,...
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...a pernicious heighth. » He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large...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,...
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The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 2

1832 - 440 pages
...nearly half a century after the invention, some of the wonder* thus laid open by the telescope : — " The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing the successive wonders...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem

John Milton - 1833 - 440 pages
...a pernicious height! » He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fcsole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1833 - 524 pages
...variety : * He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic ghiss the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,...
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The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography;: Embracing a History of ...

Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 pages
...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 optic glass, the...artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valciamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 5. Raleigh (Sir Walter)...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore: his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers , or mountains , in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on...
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