 | 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 Tuscan... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...viewsAt evening 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...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 above the other FALLEN... | |
 | 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 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 ne* gligent.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...evening from the 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...but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps 295 Over the burning marie (not like tho:.e steps L 2 On Heaven's azure) and the torrid clime Smote... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...ev'ning, from 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...were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy stejts Over the burning marl To which we may add his call to the fallen angels that lay plunged and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...ev'ning, from the top of Fesoie, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand) He wilk'd with, to support uneasy steps Qver the burning marl To which we may add his call to the fallen... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lauds, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on N orwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand) He wjlk'd with, to support... | |
 | 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 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... | |
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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... 
