| Anthony Blackwall - 1737 - 298 страници
...as of late o'er pale Eritannia paft) Calm and ferene he drives the furious Blaft ; And, pleas'd th 'Almighty's Orders to perform, Rides in the Whirlwind, and directs the [Storm *. Comparifons mightily ftrengthen and beautify a Difcourfe ; for fome ; '' * Mr. Addifbn on the Duke... | |
| 1800 - 336 страници
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia paft, Calm and ferene he drives the furious blaft ; And pleas'd the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the ftorm."f As General WASHINGTON, like Cincinnatus, left his retirement and the purfuits of agriculture... | |
| John Walker - 1801 - 424 страници
...where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempest shakes a guilty land, (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 on the whirlwind, and directs the storm. This rule... | |
| 1902 - 642 страници
...divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land. Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And,...perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.' These are noble lines in their way, and deserving of perpetual remembrance. Yet perhaps there is more... | |
| 1803 - 410 страници
...command, And taught the doubtful battle wjhere to rage. With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, 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 whole... | |
| 1804 - 416 страници
...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 5 And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm "."... | |
| British essayists - 1803 - 342 страници
...of Lste o'er pale Biitannia pist, ' C 1m and serene he drives the furious blast ; ' And, ple^s'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, ' Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm J." The whole poem is so exquisitely noble and poetic, that I think it an honour to our nation and... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 страници
...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; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. The war's... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 страници
...Campaign. 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...perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. The simile of the angel in Addison's Campaign was derived in 1704, from a recent event ; the great... | |
| James Macpherson - 1805 - 654 страници
...buckler abroad ; as, aloft, it hung on Calm and s«rene he drives the furious blast, And pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. 10 High wave their arms, as rushy fields beneath autumnal winds.] And in the preceding paragraph, "... | |
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