 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 ;...  A Manual of English Literature - Página 519por Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1863 - 660 páginas
...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 the whirlwind and directs the storm." " The Lord Treasurer Godolphin, ' who,' says Tickell, • was a fine judge of poetry,' had a sight... | |
 | 1863 - 478 páginas
...land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. "ALL IN THE DOWNS." IiV JOHN GAY. [JOHN GAY was born at Barnstaple, in Devonshire, in 1688, and, after... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. PSALM CI. Verse 8. And, pleas'd th' Almighty orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. ADDISON. — The Campaign ; POPE, The Dunciad, Book III. Line 288 ; Essay on Man, Epi. II. Line 110. What wind... | |
 | Richard C. AUSTIN - 1864 - 176 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. Addison. Alexander the Great, at one period of his life, was of so tender and humane a disposition, as to be... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 páginas
...land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. FROM THE TRAGEDY OF CATO. CATO'S SOLILOQUY BEFORE COMMITTING SUICIDE. Act T. So. i. [Cato, alone, sitting... | |
 | James Parton - 1865 - 672 páginas
...of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Culm and serene ho drives his furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. dies and destroys life in mines and* wells. " The doctor," he records, " breathed gently through a... | |
 | David Thomas - 1865 - 754 páginas
...an angel in this direction, says— " 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." II. THE LEADING FEATURES OF DlVINE GOVERNMENT. The various machinery which is here laid bare to us,... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 páginas
...land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. This passage, which probably touched the remembrance of the Lord Treasurer as to the Great Storm of... | |
 | A. P. A. - 1869 - 226 páginas
...on her slumbering child with pensive eyes." 3. " Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm." 4. " For in a word be it understood He was all for ill, and never for good.:' 5. " Fair clime, where... | |
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