 | Anthony Blackwall - 1737 - 298 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1803 - 410 Seiten
...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 poem is so exquisitely noble and poetic, that I think it an honour to our nation and... | |
 | 1902 - 642 Seiten
...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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, "... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 Seiten
...as of late o'er pale Britannia past ;) Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And pleased the Almighty's orders to 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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 Seiten
...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 une... | |
 | John Aikin - 1806 - 346 Seiten
...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. An objection has been made against this simile, that it too nearly resembles the primary object ; for... | |
 | 1806 - 408 Seiten
...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... | |
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Inspired repulsed 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 ;... 
