| 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... | |
| 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...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 above the other... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 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
...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...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 tho:.e steps L 2 On Heaven's... | |
| John Horne Tooke - 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 - 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...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 may add his call to the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...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 uneasy steps Over the burning marl • To which we may add his call to the... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 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... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 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 mark, not like those steps On heaven's azure... | |
| John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer, and support our pains ? Farad. Lost, b. J. v. 143. His spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great admiral were but a wand) Hewalk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie. Ibid. v. 292.... | |
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