 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 walkt with to support uneasie steps Over the...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 188by John Milton - 1906 - 554 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Stanhope Busby - 1837 - 132 pages
...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,...Hewn on Norwegian hills to 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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotiy globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn ou 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; not like those step* On heaven's azure... | |
 | 1838 - 586 pages
...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,...the mast Of some great ammiral, 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 Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 686 pages
...by Milton, in his splendid description of Satan, in the first book of the Paraditc Lott :— • " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Milton also says : — " His praiie, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ;... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 680 pages
...is by Milton, in his splendid description of Satan, in the first book of the Paradue Lott : — '* His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great nmmiral, were but a wand." Milton also says : — " His praise, ye winds, that from four quartcri blow,... | |
 | John Aikin, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1839 - 398 pages
...their straightness and lightness. Geo. Are there not some lines in Milton's Paradise Lost about that ? 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 Polypheme was a... | |
 | James Stanley Grimes - 1839 - 346 pages
...massy, large, 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 hills to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl. * * * * Collecting... | |
 | John Aikin - 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." Tut. Ay, so Virgil and Ovid tell us; and he must have been a giant, indeed,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 824 pages
...Of this great round. Maim. A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed. Id. The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral. Id. Having any quality in a high degree. There were they iu great fear. Ptalm xiv. 5. All... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...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,...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to 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... | |
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