...pernicious highth." He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285...on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic-glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new...

...Invariable Principles, p. 15 J . t [ " His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pines, Hewn on Norwegian...

...Bowles's Invariable Principles, p. 15.] -" His ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pines, Hewn on Norwegian...

...God, teaching what Science could never learn us, but not conflicting with it. CHAPTER III. * Parallax. "The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...top of Fesole' Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe."—Milton. WE have now shown that our earth is revolving...

...pernicious height. He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viowB At Evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,...

...Towards the close of his long lif» he became blind. Milton has finely alluded to him in the lines " Like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass, the...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 6. Raleigh (Sir Walter) was one of the most brilliant and...

...Fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear—to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...

...pernicious height. He scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist viows At Evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,...

...air That felt unusual weight . • His ponderous shield, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear (to equal...Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie ." To which we may...

...and noblest walks of poetry, we meet with nothing equal to that exquisite description of Milton : " Like the moon whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe." 9 C TOSCANE ITALIE. Mille illusions se présentent en foule...