 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;...  Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry - Side 44av John Aikin - 1806 - 297 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...(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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