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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ... - Page lxxxvii
by Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 716 pages
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The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major

John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...round, 285 Behind him cast; the hroad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 29O Rivers or mountains, in her spotty glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...
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Œuvres complètes, Volume 35

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...pernicious hoighih." He scarce had ceased, when the supérieur fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orh Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno,...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...ANGELS.—MiltOll.r. I*. BI He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pondrous shield (Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round)...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb, Thro' optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 132 pages
...and revive. 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,...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian...
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Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and found, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...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...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 136 pages
...and revive. 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,...artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which...
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Paradis perdu: de Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...a pernicious heigh th. He scarce had ceased, when the supcriour fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb « pas à prendre avec nous leur part de ce manoir « malheureux, ou avec nos armes ralliées, à tenter...
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Tales about the sun, moon, and stars

Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1837 - 406 pages
...date, had touched on the same theme, and even supplied the original of the foregoing: • " The moofi, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivera, or mountains, in her spotted globe." The " Tuscan artist" alluded to by the poet is Galileo,...
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Le paradis perdu, Volume 1

John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circomference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, „ J, ' Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His...
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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan: Embracing ..., Volume 1

Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 pages
...Towards the close of his long life, he became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass, the...artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valoamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 5. Raleigh (Sir Walter) was...
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