 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...•• )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,...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon.——— on the beach Of that inflamed sea he stood, || and call'd His legions, angel forms ; He call'd so loud,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 532 pages
...scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ;...the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." classical... | |
 | Richard Duppa - Architecture - 1829 - 558 pages
...remains of Galileo's observatory, or, at least, its situation, from these verses in the Paradise Lost, " The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...artist views At evening from the top of Fiesole, Or in Val d'Arno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." B. iv 287. But in Fiesole,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...before your hearts, and fight With hearts more proof than shields. Id. Corioloniu His ponderous thield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Miltm. The terror of the Trojan field, The Grecian honour, ornament, and shield, High on a pile the'... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...an orbicular body. An orb; a circle; any thing circular or orbicular. His ponderous shield Ebtereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast ;...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Miltm. So was his will Pronounced among the gods, and by an oath, Tb»t shook heaven's whole circumference,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 572 pages
...scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, lik the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...HEAVEN. HE scarce had ceas'd, when the superior Fiend Was moving to'ward the shore ; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind...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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1830 - 492 pages
...variety : He scarce had ceas'd, when Die superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through nptic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...(••) He soiree had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was-moving tow'rd the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like trie moon. 1 — or! the beach Of that inflamed sea he stood, j| and call'd His legions, ang.el. forms... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Education - 1830 - 452 pages
...nearly half a century after the invention, some of the wonders thus laid open by the telescope : — " 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 her spotty globe.'1 A few days... | |
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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... 
