 His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...  Lives - Sida 36redigerad av - 1800Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 sidor
...the top of Feso!6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, a9o 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 steps Over the burning marie, not like those... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 sidor
...allusions to the thousand storms and thousand thunders which the mast of an imperial ship withstands. ' His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on...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 steps On Heaven's azure.'... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sidor
...top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 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 steps 295 Over the burning marie, not like... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 sidor
...the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 29* 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 steps 295 Over the burning marie, not like... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 614 sidor
...vessels, or indeed any vessels which can be employed on that river, would not be overset by yards, • To equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand.' Vol. i. P. 128. The lives of Campbell and of Carre present nothing peculiarly intercjthig. That however... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 sidor
...these vessels, or indeed any vessels which can be employed on that riwr, would not be overset by yards, To equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on "Norwegian...the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand.' Vol.!. r. I2ff. The fives of Campbell and of Carre present nothing peculiarly interesting. 'I hat however... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sidor
...the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Ilivers, 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 Over the burning mail He call'd so... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 sidor
...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 - 1806 - 336 sidor
...that light allusion to sacred things, by which readers far short of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would not be borne in the present age, when...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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sidor
...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... | |
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