 | Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 614 pages
...it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition." •" The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." -" As when by night the glass Of Galileo, less assured, observes Imagined land... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...Was moving tow'ard the shore ! his pond'rous shield., Etheridl temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian... | |
 | 1820 - 714 pages
...ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circnmferencr Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through...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... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 66 pages
...when 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...VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, ' RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE.' " Who does not perceive the art of the poet in introducing, besides the telescope,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...a pernicious highth." He scarce had ceas'd when the superior fiend I Was moving toward the shore : he 's dead. — What nmlinzs lias he left behind?"...verse ; but most in prose — " " Some high-Jlovim Tlirough optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 52 pages
...when 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...the Tuscan artist views 'At EVENING, FROM THE TOP OF FfiSOLE, 'Or in VALDARNO, to DESCRY NEW LANDS, ' RIVERS, or MOUNTAINS, IN HER SPOTTY GLOBE.' " Who... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...of the Paradise Lost He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore, lus ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Galileo's country house was in Valdarno, and looked up at Fesolc ; to the top... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 pages
...variety. He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend ; Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy large and round, Behind...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Vildaruo, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...shield, Etheihil temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad ciroumfercncc Hung on bis shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, «8f Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol£, Or in Valdarao, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe' His spear... | |
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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... 
