 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - Liczba stron: 686
...in his splendid description of Satan, in the first book of the Paraditc Lott :— • " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Milton also says : — " His praiie, ye winds, that from four quarters blow,... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - Liczba stron: 518
...moon. Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps 295 Over the burning marie, not like... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - Liczba stron: 716
...was of a lofty tree, Which Nature meant some tall ship's mast should be. Milton of Satan: His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Ofsonio great admiral, were hula wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as... | |
 | Eben Norton Horsford - 1839 - Liczba stron: 414
...and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. His spear, to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl. * * * * Collecting all his might, dilated... | |
 | John Aikin - 1839 - Liczba stron: 308
...about that ? Tut. Yes. The spear of Satan is magnified by a comparison with a lofty pine. " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand." Har. I remember, too, that the walking staff of the giant Polyphemus was a pine. Tut. Ay, so Virgil... | |
 | 1840 - Liczba stron: 372
...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...be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On heaven's azure,... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1840 - Liczba stron: 808
...and waters by her WAINKD." Faerie Queent, Two Cantos of Mvtabililie, cant. 6. at. 10.] " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a WAND." Paradise Lost, book 1. verse 294. TALL ~) All these words, as well as TILT,... | |
 | 1840 - Liczba stron: 516
...Milton describes the stupendous height of the spear of Satan : — " His spear, to equal whiclrthe tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Our native forests, however, yield timber in no degree inferior, though... | |
 | 1841 - Liczba stron: 640
...the thousand storms and thousand thunders which the mast of an imperial ship withstands. ' His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie ; not like those steps " Now having seen... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - Liczba stron: 840
...MILTON. BOOK L Or in Vnldamo, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, (as 'tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung. Whil ammiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like... | |
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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; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great... 
