...Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb 276. — on the perilous edge Of battle] Perhaps he had in mind Virgil, Ma. ix. 528. Et mecum ingentet...

...equally grand in conception or superb in description with the following pictures, • his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round,...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon — — two broad suns their shields Blazed opposite, while expectation stood In horror : — The shields...

...constrained to recant on his knees, in homage to the bigotry of the age. Milton alludes to this great man : The moon whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Ferol6 Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains on her spotty...

...shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 285 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hang 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 lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her...

...languished, that neither trees nor animals had the height or bulk of their predecessors.' JOHNSON. His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. MILTON. Hollow bodies commonly have a bulk; none but solid bodies can be massive. A vessel is bulky...

...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;...circumference Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orl< Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views Atevening, from the top of Fcsole, Or in Valdarno,...

...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 shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Voldarno, to descry new...

...to show the transition. ( •• )He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving- tow'rd the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper,...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,...

...MILTON. PLB 1. HE scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was moving tow'rd the shore ; his ponderous 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...

...distinctly alluded to him : thus in the first book, when describing the shield of Satan, he says, its , broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the...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...