 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 - Page 3111823Full view - About this book
 | Anthony Blackwall - Classical education - 1737 - 298 pages
...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... | |
 | Eulogies - 1800 - 336 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 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; Proudly he... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...(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 pages
...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 - Bards and bardism - 1805 - 654 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...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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