| Edward Everett - 1840 - 460 pagina’s
...poetical illustration. In his very first description of the arch-fiend, we are told of - — — " his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...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... | |
| Edward Everett - 1840 - 440 pagina’s
...new topic of poetical illustration. In his very first description of the arch-fiend, we are told of " his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...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... | |
| 1840 - 372 pagina’s
...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... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 pagina’s
...height ! " He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore : his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 pagina’s
...scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore : his pond'rous shield, 285 Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, 290 Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in... | |
| 1866 - 662 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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.... | |
| 1841 - 640 pagina’s
...such as angels weep.' His very armour and accoutrements glisten on us with a thousand beauties ! ' His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon — ' and not only like the moon as seen to the upturned gaze of ordinary men, but as associated with... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 474 pagina’s
...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...artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole* Or in Valdurno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotted globe." — Milton. THE two most... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pagina’s
...amazed : No wonder, Tallen such a pernicious heighth. » He scarce had ceased , when the supérieur fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield,..., whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist Tiews At evening , from the top of Fesole , Or in Yaldarno , to descry new lands , Rivers or mountains... | |
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