 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 artist views At evening, from the...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Pagina 6di John Milton - 1834 - 392 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1866 - 662 pagine
...To this great man, whom the pope imprisoned for his invention of the telescope, he thus alludes : " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, like...the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesola, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." Milton no doubt... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 474 pagine
...so as to obtain with it the finest views of the heavenly bodies. LETTER IV. TELESCOPE CONTINUED. -" the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole* Or in Valdurno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotted globe." — Milton. THE two most... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pagine
...fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pagine
...fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pagine
...DOWNFALL. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pagine
...DOWNFALL. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pagine
...DOWNFALL. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1845 - 348 pagine
...fiend Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." The character and scene here presented, were created by the... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 pagine
...DOWNFALL. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, his ponderous shield Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | 1845 - 608 pagine
...to exercise an indescribable charm over the imagination : for instance — Satan's shield — <r " The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
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