| 1902 - 642 páginas
...as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased the Almighty's orders to 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... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 páginas
...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 whole art each private soldier knows, And with a gen'ral's love of conquest glows; Proudly... | |
| James Macpherson - 1805 - 654 páginas
...stands the king in arms. Mist flies round his buckler abroad ; as, aloft, it hung on Calm and s«rene he drives the furious blast, And pleased th' Almighty's...wave their arms, as rushy fields beneath autumnal winds.] And in the preceding paragraph, " The dusky waves of the blast fly ovtr tiiejfelds of grass."... | |
| 1806 - 408 páginas
...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 first ONSET of a BATTLE, ILLUSTRATED BY A NOBLE COMPARISON. (POPE'S HOMER'S ILIAD.} FIJC'D at his... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 páginas
...of late o'er pale Britannia past , Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ? And , pleas'd the Almighty's orders to perform , Rides in the whirlwind , and directs the storm. * ADDISON, thé campaign. * Ainsi , quand un ange , par l'ordre divin , suscitant les tempêtes, ébranle... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 páginas
...Such as of laie 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 J .* The whole poem is so exquisitely noble and poetic, that I think it an honour to our nation and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...Such as of late oVr pa!e Britannia past, Culm and serene he drive* the furious blast; And, plcas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. Thine only son pierc'd with a deadly wonnd, ('hok'd in, his blood, and gasping on the ground, Thyself... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...Such as of late o'er pa!c Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pteas'dth' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. But see the haughty household troops advance ! The dread of F.nropc, and the pride of Fiance. The war's... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 542 páginas
...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. • Such as of late o'er pale Britannia />«</.] This line has been censured by a very good judge,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 318 páginas
...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. But see the haughty household troops advance ! The dread of Europe, and the pride of France. The war's... | |
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