 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...nadel-holz — needle-wood ; and Milton's illustration in the splendid description of Satan, — " His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." The pines occur in much more extensive forests, and with less admixture, than any other genus of timber-trees,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English essays - 1849 - 484 pages
...air That felt unusual weight . • His ponderous shield, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Kivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear (to equal...but a wand) He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie ." To which we may add his call to the fallen angels that lay plunged and stupefied... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. Hie spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian...but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps 2U5 Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...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,...a wand— He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie." Now in this picture there certainly is an assemblage of very grand and very... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 320 pages
...At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest...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 : (not like... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdamo, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest...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 : (not like... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 474 pages
...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...a wand — He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie." In this picture there certainly is an assemblage of very grand and very beautiful... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 428 pages
...Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Eivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear — to...a wand — He walk"d with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie." In this picture there certainly is an assemblage of very grand and very beautiful... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...glass the Tuscan artist view* At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear...hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wandHe walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie." In this picture there certainly... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...optic-glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesol6, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear...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 marie: not like... | |
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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... 
