 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 390 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, »9« Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 544 pages
...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Thro' optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...circumference Hang on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through oj>tic glass the Tuscan artist viewi At evening, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. River* or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El Dorado. The moon....The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
 | English essays - 1804 - 952 pages
...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Thro'optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe, His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 296 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe : — His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on N orwegiamm hills to be the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 308 pages
...Guiana, whose great city Genoa's sons Call El Dorado..-'----- The moon—.--The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands.'— ic has, indeed, been more attentive to his syllables n to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose ork Through optic glass the Tuscan artists view At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, River?, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
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