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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper - Page 13
by William Hayley - 1810
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Paradise Lost: A Poem

John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...and amaz'd 5 No wonder, fall'n such a pernicious height! » He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous...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 - Criticism - 1833 - 518 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 - World geography - 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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The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major

John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...round, 285 Behind him cast; the hroad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 29O Rivers or mountains, in her spotty glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...
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Œuvres complètes, Volume 35

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...and amazed : No wonder, fallen such a pernicious hoighih." He scarce had ceased, when the supérieur fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno,...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...ANGELS.—MiltOll.r. I*. BI He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pondrous shield (Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round)...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...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - English poetry - 1837 - 132 pages
...and revive. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian...
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Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and found, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...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...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - English poetry - 1837 - 136 pages
...and revive. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which...
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