| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...amaz'd ; No wonder, fall'n such a pernicious highth." He scarce had ceas'd when the superior fiend I hrough the Tlirough optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 52 pages
...when you use " MILTON thus ? I beseech you recollect MIL'' TON'S image. " ' His pond'rous shield, ' Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb ' Through...the Tuscan artist views 'At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FfiSOLE, 'Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, ' RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE.' " Who... | |
| 1821 - 746 pages
...of the Paradise Lost He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, lus ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Galileo's country house was in Valdarno, and looked up at Fesolc ; to the top... | |
| David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...variety. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend ; Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy large and round, Behind...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... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...shield, Etheihil temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad ciroumfercncc Hung on bis shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
| John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, «8f Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol£, Or in Valdarao, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe' His spear... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - Poetry - 1822 - 260 pages
...admiral's mast" but " his shield " to the moon seen through a telescope!" " His pond'rous shield " Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb " Through...VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, " RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE." Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing, besides the telescope,... | |
| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight His pond'rous _ 5 + , Thnr optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'Btng, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 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,...top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Milton, Book i. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight— — His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind...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... | |
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