 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...the trunk was of a lofty tree, Which nature meant some tali 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 negligent. He... | |
 | John Aikin - 1819 - 172 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...be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand. VOL. I. H Har. I remember, too, that the walking staff' of the giant Polypheme was a Pine. i Tut. Ay... | |
 | 1819 - 792 pages
...out ; but remark, in this image Milton DOES NOT compare Satan's spear • with the mast of готе great admiral,' as you assert. The passage is, ' His...which the TALLEST PINE ' HEWN ON NORWEGIAN HILLS, то BE the mast ' Of some great admiral, were but a wand !' You leave out the chief, I might say the... | |
 | John Aikin, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1819 - 504 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 aminiral, -were but a wand. VOL. I. H Mar. I remember, too, that the walking staft' of the giant Polypheme... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 52 pages
...left out ; but remark, in this image " MILTON DOES NOT compare Satan's spear " ' with the mast of some great admiral' as you " assert. The passage is, "...ON NORWEGIAN HILLS to be the mast " ' Of some great admiral, were but a wand ! r* " You leave out the chief, I might say the only, " circumstance, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...the trunk was of a lofty tree, Which Nature meant some tall ship's mast should Ije. 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 negligent. 'He... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...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 amiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps 29a Over the burning marl ; not like... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 66 pages
...left out ; but remark, in this image " MILTON DOES NOT compare Satan's spear " ' with the mast of some great admiral' as you *' assert. The passage is, " * His spear, to equal which the TALLEST PIKB " ' HEWN ON NORWEGIAN HILLS to be the mast " ' Of some great admiral, were but a wand ! !' " You... | |
 | 1820 - 770 pages
...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the taUest pineHewn 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 ! This is a description, from the... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...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...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 steps On Heaven's azure... | |
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His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand. 
