 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 - Seite 6von John Milton - 1826 - 294 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839 - 340 Seiten
...and Galileo in his Paradise Lost? " 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', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." Who can forbear... | |
 | 1839 - 694 Seiten
...and Galileo in his Paradise Lost? " 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, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." Who can forbear... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839 - 580 Seiten
...and Galileo in his Paradise Lost ? " 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, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." Who can forbear... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1840 - 460 Seiten
...arch-fiend, we are told of - — — " 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 Fesolti, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." Grand and... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 Seiten
...fiend Was moving towards 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 Valdarao, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...towards the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him east ; 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. His spear, to... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1840 - 440 Seiten
...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...Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening fron'i the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 Seiten
...temples§ ." Those who have ever witct -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,... | |
 | 1866 - 662 Seiten
...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 - 1841 - 486 Seiten
...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...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of FesoH Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotted globe." — Milton.... | |
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