 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 638 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 páginas
...of late o'er pale Britannia past/ Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; Ajnd*_pleas jd_th ' Almighty's orders to perform , Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm, j • Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past,] This line has been censured by a very good judge,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 páginas
...So when an angel by divine command,, Hurls death and terror o'er a guilty land :-— He, pleas'd the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm." But though Satan may sometimes inflict death, I know not that he could ever give life. It was one of... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 páginas
...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 ; And,...pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in jthe whirlwind and directs the storm.' Addison's excellent mottoes, likewise, may now appropriMajesty's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 342 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 J.' 'The whole poem is so exquisitely noble and poetic, that I think it an honour to our nation and... | |
 | James Andrew - 1817 - 152 páginas
...as 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. " O tbou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun... | |
 | William Coxe, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough - 1818 - 642 páginas
...as 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. f For the account of the battle we have consulted the private letters of the duke, in the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 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. j. M. T, . CHARACTER OF LORD VISCOUNT FALKLAND, SECRETARY OF STATE TO KING CIIARLES I. [ • .. (From... | |
 | John Borthwick Gilchrist - 1820 - 372 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." This, according to my orthography, would be written as follows : So hwen sum enjel, bue divuen kumand,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 298 páginas
...of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast,, And, pleased the' 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... | |
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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 ;... 
