Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from 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 Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great... The South-western Monthly - Page 3531852Full view - About this book
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...which the mast of an imperial ship withstands. ' 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 walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie ; not like those steps On Heaven's azure.'... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...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, lie waked with. His I His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. He seems not to have uiown,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1802 - 614 pages
...employed on that river, would not be overset by yards, • To equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be 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 - Books - 1802 - 612 pages
...can be employed on that riwr, would not be overset by yards, To equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on "Norwegian hills, to be 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... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...lands, Rivers or mountains, on her spotty globe • His spear, to equal which the tallest 1tine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walUM with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl .............. To which we may add his call... | |
| Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...tall ship's mast should be. 1 * Milton of Satan : His spear, to equal which the tallest pine i Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked wfth. His diction was in his own time censured as negligent. He seems not to have known, or not to... | |
| John Horne Tooke - English language - 1807 - 506 pages
...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 TILT", TOLL which we have already... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...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 negligent. He seems not to have known, or not to have considered,... | |
| Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...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 seems not to have known, or not to have considered,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...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 negligent. He seems not to have known, or not to have considered,... | |
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