 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...  The Tatler - Pagina 3251803Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pagine
...Command, With rifing Tempefts flukes a guilty Land ; Calm and ferene he drives the furious Blaft : And pleas'd th' Almighty's Orders to perform, Rides in the Whirlwind, and direfts the Storm. GERMANS. Then if you vilit the Gtrmtnic Sibil, You'll find it worth your Travel... | |
 | Anthony Blackwall - 1737 - 298 pagine
...guilty Land, (Such 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... | |
 | Patrick Delany - 1742 - 386 pagine
...guilty land ; Such as, of late, o'er pale Britannia paft, Calm and ferene, he drives the furious blaft ; And, PLEAS'D th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and direds the ftorm. ? Pfal. xxi. 8. Thine band jba$ fnd out all thine enemies : thy right-band jkall... | |
 | Samuel Say - 1745 - 210 pagine
...guilty Land; Such as, of late, o'er pale Britannia paft, Calm and Serene he drives the furious Blaft ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's Orders to perform, Rides in the Whirlwind, and direfts the Storm. In Thefe Lines there is all the Mufic, and, at the fame time, all the Propriety... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber - 1753 - 406 pagine
...Such as oflate, o'er pale Britannia paid, Calm and ferene, he drives the furious blaft, And, pieas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform-, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the ftorm. That this letter could not be written by Mr. Addifon, there is all the evidence the nature of... | |
 | John Gilbert Cooper - 1757 - 420 pagine
...Land, " Such as of late o'er pale BRITANNIA paft, " Calm and ferene he guides the furious Blaft, " And pleas'd th' ALMIGHTY'S Orders to perform, " Rides in the Whirlwind and dlretti the Storm" Now take the fecond Line of each Couplet, and examine whether the Thought is varied.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1765 - 378 pagine
...guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pad, Calm and ferene he drives the furious blaft; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the ftorm. But fee the haughty hou fhold-troops advance! The dread of Europe, and the pride of France.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1773 - 326 pagine
...land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia paft ; • Calm and ferene he drives the furious blaft ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and direfts the ftorm. But fee the haughty houfhold-troops advance ! The dread of Europe, and the pride... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1774 - 346 pagine
...guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pad, Calm and ferene he drives the furious blafl ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the florin. The whole Poem is fo exquifitely noble and poeticf that I think it an honour to our nation... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1777 - 348 pagine
...(Such as of late o'er pdc Britannia paft) Calm and ferene he guicV. the furious blaft; And, plcafeil th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the ftorm. The light which this fimile throws upon the principal object in the poem, can only arife from... | |
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