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 Tuscan... The Quarterly Review - Page 4001872Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...scarce had ceas'd when the superior Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore; his pond'rous shield} £thereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast;...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Feso!6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, a9o Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...tears such as angels weep." His very armour and accoutrements glisten on us with a thousand beauties! ' His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon — ' and not only like the moon as seen to the upturned gaze of ordinary men, but as associated with... | |
| 1803 - 412 pages
...wings 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...circumference 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... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...air That felt unusual weight ....*..,. his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and ronnd. Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optsc glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno. to descry new... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper'd, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad...circumference 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...tbiiUi before your hearts, and 6ght With hearts more proof than ibitUi. Siaiif. His pond'rous tbitU, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton. »• Dcfcr.ce ; protection. 3- One that gives protection or security. The terror of the Trojan... | |
| Joseph Sansom - Italy - 1805 - 544 pages
...the classic eminence celebrated by Milton, when comparing the shield of Satan to the Moon, •whofe orb, Through optic glass the Tuscan Artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. Here too a... | |
| Joseph Sansom - Italy - 1805 - 548 pages
...the classic eminence celebrated by Milton, when comparing the shield of Satan to the Moon, wboft orbt Through optic glass the Tuscan Artist views, At evening, from the top of FiesoU, Or in VaUarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty globe. Here Here too... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral. His ponderous shield Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass ¿he Tuscan artist views At evening ; when the moon rises; and, in converting Satan into Swaran, it... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the shorej his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the brond circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viewsAt evening from the top of Fesol^, Or in Naldarno, to descry new lands. Rivers or mountains, in... | |
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