 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 страници
...domes delight; A nicer touch to the stretched canvas give, Or teach their animated rocks to live : 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, 270 To threaten bold, presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours' prayer.... | |
 | James Morgan Hart - 1910 - 520 страници
...adores; and that while others may build domes and paint divinely and teach the rocks to live in statues, "Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state. Here speaks the young diplomatist and statesman. This point of view must be borne in mind throughout... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1917 - 557 страници
...preserved the smaller states of Holland and Germany. As Addison then wrote, at least half truthfully: 'T is Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state : To threaten bold, presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbors' prayer.1... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1925 - 807 страници
...preserved the smaller states of Holland and Germany. As Addison then wrote, at least half truthfully: 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state : To threaten bold, presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbors' prayer.1... | |
 | Malcolm Miles Kelsall - 1987 - 211 страници
...on the Boyne and then brought peace to Europe byhumblingFrance(Gaul)andrestoringthebalanceofpower: 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold, presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours' prayer.... | |
 | Marcia R. Pointon, Pilkington Professor of History of Art Marcia Pointon - 1997 - 439 страници
...connoisseur. Although Addison concludes his 'Letter from Italy' written in 1701 with the declaration that 'T'is Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate. And hold in balance each contending state', his own seduction by Italian art is frankly charted: From theme to theme with secret pleasure... | |
 | Suvir Kaul, Professor Suvir Kaul - 2000 - 337 страници
...aspiring domes delight; A nicer touch to the stretched canvas give, Or teach their animated rocks to live: 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours' pray'r. (lines... | |
 | Katrin Callsen - 2004 - 198 страници
...Gedicht von seiner Italienreise, in dem liberty die europäische Vormachtstellung Britanniens begründet: „'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending stau-, To threaten bold, presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbour's prayer."... | |
 | Martin Myrone - 2005 - 384 страници
...aspiring domes delight; A nicer touch to the stretcht canvas give, Or teach their animated rocks to live: 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours' pray'r."... | |
 | 1856
..."whose sense" his lordship had the good taste to pronounce " better than their poetry " ; — " 'T is Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold, presumptuous kings with war, And answer each afflicted neighbor's prayer."... | |
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Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r. 
