 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...  The British Essayists;: Spectator - Pàgina 237per Alexander Chalmers - 1808Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 496 pàgines
...Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El Dorado. The moon The Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. He has indeed been more attentive to his syllables than to his accents, and does not often offend by... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pàgines
...the shield of Satan, in the first book of his inimitable Paradise Lost. Tlie broad circumference Hang on his shoulders like the Moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol^, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains,... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pàgines
...pond'rous 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,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pàgines
...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 spotty globe. Milton, D. iThus far these, beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their... | |
 | 1819 - 792 pàgines
...complain, when 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 artisrviews • AtE VENINO, FROM THE TOP OFFESOLE, ' OrinVALDARNO,tODESCRY NEW LANDS, ' RIVERS, or... | |
 | 1819 - 792 pàgines
...complain, when 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 view» ' AtEVENING.FROMTHETOPOFFESOLE, ' OrinVALDABNO.tODESCRYNEWLANDS, ' RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS,... | |
 | 1820 - 714 pàgines
...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in lier spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hilla, to be... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pàgines
...Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose orb Tlirough optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening -times, To jxilliatc his friend Oxford's crimes ; To praise queen Anne, nay more, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal with the tallest pine Hewn on'Norwegian hills, to foe the... | |
 | 1820 - 606 pàgines
...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb, Through optic slass. the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands. Rivers, or mountain?, in her spotty globe." -" As when by night the glass Of Galileo, less assured, observes Imagined... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 66 pàgines
...you use " MILTON thus ? I beseech you recollect MIL" TON'S image. " ' His pond'rous shield, ' Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb ' Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views 'At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FESOLE, 'Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, ' RIVERS, or... | |
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