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... A Day Book of Milton - Pagina 232door John Milton - 1905 - 366 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Roy C. Flannagan - 2002 - 144 pagina’s
...Paradise Lost, describing 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. (1.287-91) The Tuscan artist is Galileo, called an artist probably for his skill in designing optical... | |
| John Milton - 2003 - 1084 pagina’s
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 285 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning from the top of Fesolt, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, 290 Rivers or Mountains in her... | |
| John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - 2003 - 388 pagina’s
...Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 285 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, 290 Rivers or Mountains in her... | |
| Christopher Logue - 2003 - 242 pagina’s
...shield Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist [Galileo] views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. In the same way, Logue makes the talking horses of Achilles seem at home with the miraculous when he... | |
| John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pagina’s
...fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,0 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views0 At evening from the top of Fesole,0 Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,0 290 Rivers or mountains... | |
| Francis Blessington - 2004 - 161 pagina’s
...open-ended, implying the inexpressible grandeur of the subject: He scarce had ceas't when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield...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... | |
| Angus Fletcher - 2007 - 204 pagina’s
...Faustus ("For this is hell, nor am I out of it"). Then we read: He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. (1.283-291) There follows an extremely complicated simile in two parts, wherein all possible questions... | |
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