 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pagine
...the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, 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 arnmiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl — (not like... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pagine
...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 marl — (not like those steps On heaven's azure!) — and 'the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides,... | |
 | 1829 - 446 pagine
...description of Satan, in the First Book of Paradise Lost, alludes to this peculiar excellence : 11 His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." The masts of our men of war are principally brought from Riga ; but " the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pagine
...created the great whales. Id. A dungeon horrible, on all sides round. As one great furnace flamed. Id. The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some i:n, it admiral. I:!. Having any quality in a high degree. There were they in great fear. Pmlm xiv.... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 628 pagine
...Faerie Queene. Two Cantos of Mutabilitie, cant. 6. st. 10.] " His spear, to equal which the smallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a WAND." Paradise Lost, book 1 . verse 294. Francorum dixisse Vadum; quia Carolus... | |
 | 1830 - 438 pagine
...splendid description of Satan, in the First Book of Paradise Lost, alludes to this peculiar excellence : " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." The masts of our men of war are principally brought from Riga ; but " the... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pagine
...top of Fesole, & Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 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'd with, to support uneasy steps SJD5 Over the burning marie, not... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pagine
...the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty glohe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to he the mast Of some great ammiral, were hut a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pagine
...the top of Fesolé, Or in Valdarno, 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'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle, not like... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - 1833 - 476 pagine
...upwards of 250 feet, varying from 20 to nearly 60 feet in circumference ; — thus far exceeding « The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral." The stem is remarkably straight, and is destitute of branches for about two-thirds of its... | |
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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... 
