 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
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 Seiten
...And he whose lightning pierced 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 conquered Spain.' Horace Walpole bears his testimony to the successful result of the poet's assiduous labours. ' Mr Pope,'... | |
 | 1888 - 634 Seiten
...himself to train his vines and arrange his quincunx, or marshalling his own plantations and trenches. And tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquered Spain. Further along, the memory of the eccentric Earl is again recalled in the Peterboro' Arms, a snug roadside... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 Seiten
...; wkile Peterborough, as the poet tells us,— " Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquered Spain." The final stroke of genius by which the lawn on the Thames was connected with the garden on the other... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 Seiten
...he, whose lightning pierced the Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, 130 Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquered Spain.1 Envy must own, I live among the great, No pimp of pleasure, and no spy of state, With eyes... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 Seiten
...HE, whose lightning pierc'd th" Iberian Lines4, Now forms my Quincunx, and now ranks my Vines, 130 Or tames the Genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain. Envy must own, I live among the Great8, No Pimp of Pleasure, and no Spy of State.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 Seiten
...HE, whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian Lines4, Now forms my Quincunx, and now ranks my Vines, 130 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 Pope - 1899 - 534 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. Envy must own I live among the great, No pimp of pleasure, and no spy of state, 1... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1896 - 112 Seiten
...: "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." Imit. of Horace, Sat. ni 129-32. Swift was lost to him by the increasing infirmities... | |
 | Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society - 1898 - 522 Seiten
...the stage on her marriage with the Earl of Peterborough. She died 1750. Rose's Biog. Diet. " Taming the genius of the stubborn plain Almost as quickly as he conquered Spain." From Bevois Mount Pope and Lord Peterborough went to Winchester to the distribution of prizes at the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 141 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 conquered Spain. " Probably no " statesman out of place " ever had nobler eulogy passed upon him than that with which... | |
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