...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...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing the successive wonders that presented themselves...

...(••) 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...

...) He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend •' . . Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung tin his shoulders like the m6on. ' . on the beach Of that inflamed sea he stood, || and call'd His...

...The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesob, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing the successive wonders that presented themselves...

...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 Fesol'S Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty...

...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...

...variety : He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. MILTON. — BOOK I. * > All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess...

...Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on...orb , Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views O<M'*.5% At Evening from the top of Fesole, & Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains,...

...Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orh 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 glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to he the mast Of some great...

...xxi. 27. 1069-76. Rev. xxi. 23, xxii. 5. 1070. spotty: cp. Milton, 'Paradise Lost,' I. 287-90: — ' 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." 1071. Perhaps the poet wrote...