 Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ;...  A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism - الصفحة 167بواسطة Joseph Priestley - 1777 - عدد الصفحات: 313عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | John Dennis - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...post by a simile, having compared Marlborough's " mighty soul " at Blenheim to an angel who " pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm," advanced, a conqueror himself, from one position to another until he reached his highest elevation... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 708
...use made of a recent great storm for likening of Marlborough in battle to the angel, who, " pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm." Addison followed up the success of this piece 1)3- publishing his "' Remarks on Several Parts... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased th* Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. The conclnding simile of the angel has been much celebrated, and was so admired by the lord... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. This passage, which probably touched the remembrance of the Lord Treasurer as to the Great Storm... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. r WILLIAM WALSH. [WILLIAM WALSH was bom at Aberley in Worcestershire, in 1663. He died in 1... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 642
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. WILLIAM WALSH. [WILLIAM WALSH was born at Aberley in Worcestershire, in 1 663. He died in17o8.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. WILLIAM WALSH. [WILLIAM WALSH was bom at Aberley in Worcestershire, in 1663. He died in 1708.... | |
 | 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 1434
...book of secrecy, A little I can read. a. Antony and Cleopatra. Act I. Sc. 2. PROVIDENCE. And pleas'd Vn Act storm. 6. ADDISON — The Campaign. If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. In this rather dreary division of narrative poetry we may include The Field of Waterloo, by... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 782
...to think? 3964 Dryden : Medal. Line 235. Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. 3965 Addison : Campaign. Line 29G Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it... | |
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