 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...his shoulders like the moan, whose orb " Thro' optic glass the Tuscan artist views " At evening." " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, " Hewn on Norwegian hills, &c." Even Calmar's hyperbolical rants, " Rise, ye dark winds " of Erin, rise ! roar whirlwinds of Lara... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...the coast. 6 His spear wa blasted pine. His shield the rising moon.J MILTON, Paradise Lost, I. 284. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral. His ponderous shield Hung on his shoulders, like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass ¿he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 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...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 ne* gligent. He seems not to... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...from the top of Fesol^, Or in Naldarno, 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 ammiral, were but a wand. He walk'cl with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie. SATAN'S PRD-EMINLNCE... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...some tall ship's mast should be. 1 * Milton of Satan : His spear, to equal which the tallest pine i Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked wfth. His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. He seems not to have known, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, ^96 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... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - English language - 1807 - 506 pages
...mediumque per amnem " Transmisisse suas, neglecto ponte, cohortes' " His spear, to equal which the smallest pine " Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast " Of some great Admiral, were but a WAND." ' Paradise Lost, book 1, verse 294. TALL -| All these words, as well as TILT", TOLL which we have already... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 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 ammiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy stejts Over the burning marl To which we... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...the trunk was of a lofty tree, Which Nature meant some tall ship's mast should beMilton of Satan : His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on...the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. He seems not to have known, or... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal whicli the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the...walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl——*— To which we may add his call to the fallen angels that lay plunged and stupified in... | |
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