...Paradite Lost about that ? Tut. Yes : the spear of Satan is magnified by a comparison with a lofty pine. " His spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand." Har. I remember, too, that the walking staff of the giant Polypheme was a pine. Tut. Ay — so Homer...

...the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains,...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,...

...the moon, whose orb, Thro' optic glass, the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fiesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains,...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...

...blending of echoes, this time from Homer, Vergil, and Ovid, is found in Milton's account of Satan's spear: His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand, He walkt with to support uneasie steps Over the burning Marle . . . [1.292-96] Homer describes the huge...

...persuasive reasons to consider the Council's draft of a Spanish treaty in 1652 as his work. Denmark His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...be the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand. (PL 1:292-94) In the mid-seventeenth century Denmark was considerably larger than it is today. Its...

...the Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning, from the top of f'eso/e, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains,...some great Ammiral, were but a wand, He walkd with. Nathless he so endurd, till on the Beach Of that inflamed Sea he stood, and calld His legions, Angel...

...Tuscan artist232 views At evening, bom the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear,...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral,233 were but a wand, He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like...

...This is appareut from lines 225-38, quoted earlier, but also from a passage a bit later. I.292-98: His Spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand. He walkt with to support uneasie steps Over the burning Marte, not like those steps On Heavens Azure,...

...analysiert, die diesen Näherungsprozeß deutlich zeigt. Die Stelle beschreibt Satans Ausstattung: His spear, to equal which the tallest Pine Hewn on...be the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand (1, 292-294) Fish betont, daß das Lesen ein zeitlicher Prozeß ist: »the reading experience takes...

...8.3 pine torn up by the roots compare the description of Satan's spear in Paradise Lost, 1 .292 -94: 'His spear, to equal which the tallest pine/ Hewn...the mast/ Of some great ammiral, were but a wand'. 138.8 optical deception known as the Brocken spectre, an illusion created by particular atmospheric...