 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
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1903 - عدد الصفحات: 488
...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. (ADDISON : The Campaign. 1704.) But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough,... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - عدد الصفحات: 452
...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. The poet was rewarded, inappropriately enough, by being made first Under-Secretary of State... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; 290 And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. But see the haughty household-troops advance ! The dread of Europe, and the pride of France.... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 528
...as of late o'er pale Britannia past, a90 Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER ON HIS PICTURE OF THE KING KNELLER, with silence and surprise We see... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 506
...as of late o'er pale Britannia past, 29° Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER ON HIS PICTURE OF THE KING KNELLER, with silence and surprise We see... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 562
...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. 1704. 1704. MATTHEW PRIOR TO A CHILD OF QUALITY FIVE YEARS OLD THE AUTHOR THEN FORTY Lords,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 562
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. —11. 279-92. 353. 3. Horace. Odes 4. 2. 5-7; 27-32. 354. 6. Dr. Madden, a name which Ireland... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...(Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past,) Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. That one doubtful simile made Addison's fortune. Never before or since was a poet's mechanical... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - عدد الصفحات: 784
...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 290 Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons, Clem Irwin Orr - 1913 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...Such as of late o 'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. MR. BOYLE. ' [Springing up with great delight] Not a word more, my dear sir. Trust me with the... | |
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