 Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul: And he, whose lightning pierced the' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genius...  Hours in a Library - Seite 153von Leslie Stephen - 1874 - 392 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...And he, whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain, j I know not whether these lines, spirited and splendid as they are, give us more... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...And he whose lightning prerc'd th' Iberian lines Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain. Envy must own I live among the great No pimp of pleasure, and no spy of state, Wuh... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - 1808 - 516 Seiten
...that He whose lightning pierced the Iberian lines. Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquered Spain. To Pope, Peterborough bequeathed on his deathbed his watch, a present from the King of Sardinia, that,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1808 - 730 Seiten
...And he whose lightning pierc'd th" Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and new ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer 'd Spain. The hyperbole in the last line needs no remark. Lord Peterborough possessed as much... | |
 | 1809 - 402 Seiten
...And he, whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines ; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain. Envy must own, I live among the great, No pimp of pleasure, and no spy of state ;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...And he, whose lightning piern'd th' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now rank) my vines ; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain. 4 Envy must own, I live among the great, No pimp of pleasure, and no spy of state... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1811 - 416 Seiten
...And HE whose lightning pierc'd ih* Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain. It might have been hoped, nay, might it not have been expected, that Pope's house... | |
 | Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Barry - 1819 - 410 Seiten
...Queen Anne. It is of him whom Pope says, " And he whose genius pierced the Iberian lines, " Now plants my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, " And tames the...of. the stubborn plain, " Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain " whose being married few do doubt, and that he repents it, and is ashamed. The sending... | |
 | Lady Rachel Russell - 1819 - 410 Seiten
...Queen Anne. It is of him whom Pope says, " And he whose genius pierced the Iberian lines, " Now plants my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, " And tames the...genius of the stubborn plain, " Almost as quickly as he conquer' d Spain " whose being married few do doubt, and that he repents it, and is ashamed. The sending... | |
 | John Bullar - 1819 - 278 Seiten
..."And he whose lightning pierced the Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain."* He married for his first wife the daughter of Sir Alexander Eraser, of Scotland.... | |
| |
