 | Robert Greenhalgh Albion - 1926 - 526 pages
...of Norway at an early date. Milton, to be sure, in describing Satan's spear, compared it with . . . the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, — but the English Navy was not using many such pines for its flagships even at that time. "Of all... | |
 | 1926 - 524 pages
...of Norway at an early date. Milton, to be sure, in describing Satan's spear, compared it with . . . the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, — but the English Navy was not using many such pines for its flagships even at that time. "Of all... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...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 som« great Ammiral, were but a wand — He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1819 - 240 pages
...The " mast of the great admiral" might have been left out; but remark, in this image MILTON DOES NOT compare Satan's spear " with the mast of some great admiral," as you assert. The passage is, « HU spear, to equal which the TALLEIT P1NB " Hewn on NORWEGIAN HILLS, TO BE the maii *' Of some great... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...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 admiral, were but a wand) He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl — (not like... | |
 | 1819 - 788 pages
...have been left out ; but remark, in this image Milton DOES VOT compare Satan's spear ' with the matt of some great admiral,' as you assert. The passage...equal which the TALLEST PINE • HEWN ON NORWEGIAN RILLS, TO BE the mast ' Of some great admiral, were but ft wand !' You leave out the chief, I might... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...ofFesole, I Or in Valdarno." It is not simply some tall pine to which Satan's spear is compared: it is a pine "Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the Mast / Of some great Ammiral." The fallen angels on the lake are not simply compared with fallen autumnal leaves, but with those leaves... | |
 | Joseph A. Seiss - 540 pages
...a rood ; his shield, like the broad circumference of the moon ; and his spear so great, that to it the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand. But, not in this way can we get a right idea of Satan's greatness. We must... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
...top of Fesole,0 Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,0 290 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 admiral, were but a wand,0 He walked with to support uneasy steps Over the burning mart, not like those... | |
 | Joseph A. Seiss - 2007 - 537 pages
...a rood ; his shield, like the broad circumference of the moon ; and his spear so great, that to it the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand. But, not in this way can we get a right idea of Satan's greatness. We must... | |
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His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand... 
