 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...  Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 319by Nathan Drake - 1828Full view - About this book
 | C.C. Gaither - Science - 1997 - 510 pages
...one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way . . . // Penseroso (p. 28) . . . 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 spotty... | |
 | Brett Zimmerman - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 174 pages
...the mountains in the moon. Galileo on Fiesole" (115). Compare with the following from Milton's epic: the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolè, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. (1:287-91)... | |
 | Stillman Drake - Philosophy - 1999 - 524 pages
...the glass Of Galileo, less assured, observes Imagine lands and regions in the Moon. (V, 261-263) ... the moon, whose 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, in her spotty globe. (I. 287-291)... | |
 | Henry Roth - Fiction - 1998 - 316 pages
...on a line, forgot the burden of his troubles in its beauty. Boy, look at that about Satan's shield: Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb/ Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views . . . Galileo, Tuscan artist. ... If you could only have gone up to Galileo, and said: Hey, listen,... | |
 | Jermain G. Porter - Science - 2000 - 184 pages
...of Galileo, immortalized the discovery of his astronomer friend, comparing Satan's shield to . . . the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. To be sure, this likeness to the earth did not prove to be so close as the early telescopic observers... | |
 | Arien Mack - Science - 2001 - 414 pages
...seen through the telescope with a realm of illusion and wonder. He describes Satan's shield, whose "broad circumference" Hung on his shoulders like the...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 on her spotty... | |
 | Cesare Barbieri, Francesca Rampazzi - Science - 2001 - 598 pages
...moon, "whose Orb /Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views/At Ev'ning from the top of Fesole, I Or in Valdarno. to descry new Lands, / Rivers or Mountains in her spotty Globe" (PL 1.287-91). Later in the poem, Satan lands on a sun spot, "a spot like which perhaps / Astronomer... | |
 | David Wittenberg - Philosophy - 2002 - 300 pages
...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 the Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning from the top of the Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry... | |
 | Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf Ibn al-Aštarkūwī - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 656 pages
...mathematics." ... his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.245 In sharp contrast to Milton's welcoming and positive approach to the scientific advances... | |
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