 Inspir'd repuls'd 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 Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism - Page 167by Joseph Priestley - 1777 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anthony Blackwall - Classical education - 1737 - 298 pages
...(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... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 406 pages
...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 the thing... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1765 - 378 pages
...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. POEMS on... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - England - 1774 - 346 pages
...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 Addison - Poetry - 1778 - 240 pages
...as of late o'er pale Britannia paft, Calm and ferene he drives the furious Mafl, . 190 And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the florm. But fee ! the haughty Houfehold-troops advance, The dread of Europe, and the pride of France:... | |
 | English essays - 1804 - 416 pages
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast 5 And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm "." •* The whole poem is so exquisitely noble and poetic, that I think it an honour to our... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 pages
...:is 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... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...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 whole poem is so exquisitely noble and poetic, that I think it an honour to our nation... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...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;... | |
 | James Macpherson - Bards and bardism - 1805 - 654 pages
...his 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,... | |
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