 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...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 6by John Milton - 1826 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1848 - 452 pages
...Invariable Principles, p. 15 J . t [ " His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - Astronomy - 1848 - 336 pages
...God, teaching what Science could never learn us, but not conflicting with it. CHAPTER III. * Parallax. "The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...the Tuscan artist views. At evening, from the top of Fesole' Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe."—Milton. WE... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...amazed : No wonder, fallen such a pernicious height. He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viows At Evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear—to... | |
 | Frances Mary LEVETT - Italy - 1849 - 226 pages
...Paradise Lost" thus mentions it : — " His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole", F Or in Val d'Arno, to descry new lands, Hirers or mountains on her spotty globe." Tlie finger... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 428 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Eivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 716 pages
...of the arch-fiend, we are told of -"his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." Grand and... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist view* At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - Bible - 1850 - 452 pages
...tow'rd the shore : his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast : s the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning, from the top of Fesol6,8 Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield. Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear,... | |
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