 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 - 1838 - 716 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 Ofsonio great admiral, were hula wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 680 pages
...of the 1'nradisc Lau: — " Hi» ipotr, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn «ti Norwegian hilta, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Milton also says : — " His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Hreathc soft or loud ;... | |
 | John Aikin - Children's literature - 1839 - 308 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 admiral, were but a wand." Har. I remember, too, that the walking staff of the giant Polyphemus was... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...ofFesole, I Or in Valdarno." It is not simply some tall pine to which Satan's spear is compared: it is a pine "Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the Mast / Of some great Ammiral." The fallen angels on the lake are not simply compared with fallen autumnal leaves, but with those leaves... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 309 pages
...persuasive reasons to consider the Council's draft of a Spanish treaty in 1652 as his work. Denmark His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...be the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand. (PL 1:292-94) In the mid-seventeenth century Denmark was considerably larger than it is today. Its... | |
 | Leonard Barkan - Philosophy - 1991 - 188 pages
...the top of f'eso/e, 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 walkd with. Nathless he so endurd, till on the Beach Of that inflamed Sea he stood, and calld His legions,... | |
 | André Verbart - Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature - 1995 - 322 pages
...This is appareut from lines 225-38, quoted earlier, but also from a passage a bit later. I.292-98: His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...Ammiral, were but a wand. He walkt with to support uneasie steps Over the burning Marte, not like those steps On Heavens Azure, and the torrid Clime Smote... | |
 | Detlev Gohrbandt - Books and reading - 1998 - 320 pages
...analysiert, die diesen Näherungsprozeß deutlich zeigt. Die Stelle beschreibt Satans Ausstattung: His spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...be the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand (1, 292-294) Fish betont, daß das Lesen ein zeitlicher Prozeß ist: »the reading experience takes... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Fiction - 1998 - 516 pages
...8.3 pine torn up by the roots compare the description of Satan's spear in Paradise Lost, 1 .292 -94: 'His spear, to equal which the tallest pine/ Hewn...the mast/ Of some great ammiral, were but a wand'. 138.8 optical deception known as the Brocken spectre, an illusion created by particular atmospheric... | |
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