 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 passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast...  The British Essayists: Tatler - Pagina 3111823Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Anthony Blackwall - 1737 - 298 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1800 - 336 pagina’s
...guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia paft, Calm and ferene he drives the furious blaft ; And pleas'd the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the ftorm."f As General WASHINGTON, like Cincinnatus, left his retirement and the purfuits of agriculture... | |
 | 1902 - 642 pagina’s
...Such 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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 he... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pagina’s
...(Such 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 storm... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 pagina’s
...buckler abroad ; as, alofr, it hung on Calm and serene 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 triarfs'.] And in the preceding paragraph,... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1805 - 654 pagina’s
...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, "... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pagina’s
...guilty land , Such 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, thé campaign. * Ainsi , quand un ange , par l'ordre divin , suscitant les tempêtes, ébranle... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pagina’s
...guilty land , Such 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 stonn. * ADDIJON , the campaign. * Ainsi, quand un ange, par l'ordre divin, suscitant les tempêtes,... | |
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