 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...  Examination Christmas,1875 - Page 69by Education Department,London - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...the trunk 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 Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...the trunk was of a lofty tree, Which nature meant some tali ship's mast should be, Milton of Satan : His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. He... | |
 | John Aikin - Children's stories - 1819 - 172 pages
...Paradise Lost 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...be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand. VOL. I. H Har. I remember, too, that the walking staff' of the giant Polypheme was a Pine. i Tut. Ay... | |
 | John Aikin, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - Children - 1819 - 504 pages
...Paradise Lost 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 hills, to be the mast Of some great aminiral, -were but a wand. VOL. I. H Mar. I remember, too, that the walking staft' of the giant Polypheme... | |
 | England - 1819 - 792 pages
...compare Satan's spear • with the mast of готе great admiral,' as you assert. The passage is, ' His spear, to equal which the TALLEST PINE ' HEWN ON NORWEGIAN HILLS, то BE the mast ' Of some great admiral, were but a wand !' You leave out the chief, I might say the... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great amiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps 29a Over the burning marl ; not like... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 52 pages
...compare Satan's spear " ' with the mast of some great admiral' as you " assert. The passage is, " ' His spear, to equal which the TALLEST PINE " ' HEWN...ON NORWEGIAN HILLS to be the mast " ' Of some great admiral, were but a wand ! r* " You leave out the chief, I might say the only, " circumstance, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...the trunk was of a lofty tree, Which Nature meant some tall ship's mast should Ije. Milton of Satan : His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. 'He... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1820 - 770 pages
...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the taUest pineHewn on 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 ! This is a description, from the loftiest... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over tin- is seal was not to lash our crimes, But discontent against the times clinic Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire : Nathless he so endur'd, till on the beach Of... | |
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