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" THE man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies,... "
The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 199
by Alexander Chalmers - 1802
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Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's Georgics

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1765 - 378 pages
...fiercenefs he beguiles, And the ftern brow, and the harfh voice defies, And with fuperior greatnefs fmiles. Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms Adria's black gulf, and vexes it with ftorrns, The ftubborn virtue of his foul can movc; Nor the red arm of angry Jovet POEMS on feveral...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces Biographical and Critical

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 368 pages
...fiercenefs he beguiles, And the ftern brow, and the harfli voice defies, And with fuperior greatnefs fmiles. Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms, Adria's black gulf, and vexes it with ftorms, The ftubborn virtue of his foul can move ; Nor the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 5

1785 - 772 pages
...DEFIES, AND WITH SUPERIOR GREATNESS SMILES. NOT THI ROUGH WHIRLWIND, THAT DEFORMS ADRIA'S BLACK GULPH, AND VEXES IT WITH STORMS, THE STUBBORN VIRTUE OF HIS SOUL CAN MUVZJ NOT THE RED ARM OF ANGRY JOVI, THAT FLINGS THÏ THUNDER FROM THE SKY, AND GIVES IT RAGI TO ROAR,...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 428 pages
...beguiles, " And the ftern brow, and the harfli voice defies, " And with fuperior greatnefs fmiles. " Not the rough whirlwind that deforms " Adria's black gulf, and vexes it with ftorms, " The ftubborn virtue of his foul can move; *' Not the red arm of angry Jove, " That flings...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 30

English poets - 1790 - 364 pages
...fiercenefs he beguiles, And the ftern brow, and the harfh voice defies, And with fuperior greatnefs fmiles. "Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms Adria's black gulf, and vexes it with ftofhis, The ftubborn virtue of his foul can move ; Nor the red arm' of angry Jove, That flings the...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 15

British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...too often rer peated : ' The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obltinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their...with storms, The stubborn virtue of his soul can move ; Kot the red arm of angry Jove, 'I hat flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar,...
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The Washingtoniana: Containing a Sketch of the Life and Death of the Late ...

1802 - 440 pages
...despise, " Their senseless clamors, their tumultuous cries ; " The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, " And with superior greatness smiles. " Not the rough whirlwind that deforms " Adria's black gulph, and vexes it with storms ; " The stubborn virtue* of his soul can move ; M Not the red arm of...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
...turbidus Adrice, ifc. HOR. The man resolv'd, and steady to his trust, Inflexible to. ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their...the rough whirlwind that deforms Adria's black gulf — Sfc. Mr. CREECH. I am apt to think it was on devices of this nature that Horace had his eye in...
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The Life of Joseph Priestley

John Corry - 1804 - 126 pages
...genius and his virtue. " The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their...Not the rough whirlwind that deforms Adria's black gulph, and vexes it with storms, Nor the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky,...
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The Guardian, Volume 2

1804 - 498 pages
...Od. iii. 1. rARAPHKASED. The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their...Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms Adria's black gulph, and vexes it with storms, The stubborn virtues of his soul can more ; Not the red arm of angry...
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