 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
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - America - 1833 - 476 pages
...upwards of 250 feet, varying from 20 to nearly 60 feet in circumference ; — thus far exceeding « The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral." The stem is remarkably straight, and is destitute of branches for about two-thirds of its height. The1... | |
 | 1833 - 460 pages
...the first of these which follow, he copied Cowley, and in the second he remembered Shakspeare : — His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand. Milten. PL His spear the trunk was of a lofty tree. Which nature meant some... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...the country I must fetch my allusions from thence) that only male birds have voices. — Spectator. 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, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie. — Milton.... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...top of Fesole, 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 , we:-e but a wand, He walk'd with , to support uneasy steps 295 Over the burning marie, not like those... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1835 - 476 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 thg mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walked with. torn has given them. Language is the... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty glohe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to he the mast Of some great ammiral, were hut a wand) He wnlk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...from the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walk'd withto support uneasy steps Over the burning marie; not like those sleps On heaven's azure :... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...Fetole, Or in Valdarnn, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear fto equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneaiy stepa Over the bnraiag marl! To which we... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...reading be considers most spirited and elegant. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on the Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand) He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl—(not like those steps On heaven's azure!)—and... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1836 - 348 pages
...to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with, to support uneasy steps 295 Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure; and the torrid clime . EJB legions, Angel forms, who lay entranced Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallambrosa,... | |
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