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 | 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 Norwegian hills, to 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... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - English language - 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 TILT", TOLL which we have already... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 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 Norwegian hills to 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... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...which would not be borne in the present age, when devotion, perhaps not more fervent, is more delkate. Having produced one passage taken by Cowley from Donne,...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,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...His spear, 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...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...that light allusion to sacred things, by which readers far short of sanctity are frequently offended; and which would not be borne in the present age, when...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 hare known,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...short of sanctity, are frequently offended; fended ; and which would not be borne in the pre* sent age, when devotion, perhaps not more fervent, is more...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,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 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...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. Know then, that after Lucifer... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...Valdarno, to descry new lands, Hivers, or mountains, on her spotty globe. His spear (to equal whicli 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 marl——*— To which we may add his call... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 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 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 mark, not like those... | |
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