 | 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 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 Ofsonio great admiral, were hula wand, He walked with. His diction was in his own time censured as... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 680 pages
...of the 1'nradisc Lau: — " Hi» ipotr, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn «ti Norwegian hilta, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Milton also says : — " His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Hreathc soft or loud ;... | |
 | 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." Har. I remember, too, that the walking staff of the giant Polyphemus was... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1840 - 808 pages
...the night, and waters by her WAINKD." Faerie Queent, Two Cantos of Mvtabililie, cant. 6. at. 10.] " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a WAND." Paradise Lost, book 1. verse 294. TALL ~) All these words, as well as TILT, which we have TOLL j already... | |
 | 1840 - 516 pages
...Milton describes the stupendous height of the spear of Satan : — " His spear, to equal whiclrthe tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Our native forests, however, yield timber in no degree inferior, though the supply is not equal to... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1840 - 806 pages
...Mutabilitie, cant. 6. at. 10.] " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hilla, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a WAND." Paradise Lost, book 1. verse 294. TALL 1 All these words, as well as TILT, which we have TOLL | already... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...shield, MILTON. BOOK L Or in Vnldamo, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. Such music (as 'tis said) Before was never made,...sons of morning sung. While the Creator great His co He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's ozure,... | |
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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. 
