 | William Lisle Bowles - Poetry - 1822 - 260 pages
...admiral's mast" but " his shield " to the moon seen through a telescope!" " His pond'rous shield " Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb " Through optic...Tuscan artist views " At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FESOLE, " Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, " RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE." Who does... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1822 - 404 pages
...situation of Fiesole is adverted to by Milton, in his beautiful comparison of the shield of Satan to the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesolé." III. v. 4to. ed. vol. ip 7. 8vo. ed. vol. ip 10. " The superiority which the Florentines... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 584 pages
...you use MILTON thus ? I beseech you recollect MILTON'S image. " His pond'rous shield . .... Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At EVES ING, FROM THE TOP OF pESOLE, Or in VALDARNO, to DESCKY NEW LANDS, RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER... | |
 | Great Britain - 1822 - 580 pages
...reason have I to complain, when you use MILTON thus ? i beseech you recollect MILTON'S image. Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views "His pond'ruus shield At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FESOLE, Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, RIVERS,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast : the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Milton, Book... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him c-.st; the broad circumference Hung ou 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...shield, Etherial 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 Everting from the top of Fesol6, Or in Vnldunio, to descry new lands, ' Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...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 ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...shield. Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. His spear, to... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, 'Aba Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'nlng from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, u90 Rivers, or mountains, on her... | |
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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... 
