 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...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. SELECTION FROM TICKELL. TO THE EARL OF WARWICK, ON THE DEATH OP ADDISON. IP dumb too long the drooping... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1852 - 518 Seiten
...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." — ADDISON. CHAPTER IV. CAMPAIGNS OF 170.1; AND 1706. — BATTLE OF RAMILIES AND CONQUEST OF FLANDERS.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 Seiten
...Marlbon-ugh 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. But see the haughty household-troops advance ! ' The dread of Europe, and the pride of France. being... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 Seiten
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. ADDISON. THE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...defies its point. Act v. Sc. 1. The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. The Campaign. And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.* * This line has been frequently ascribed to Pope, as it is founO in the Dunciad, book iii. line 261.... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand, Charles Ignatius White - 1856 - 780 Seiten
...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. CHAPTER IX. APPLICATION OP THE PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS — CHARACTER OP SATAN.... | |
 | John Wesley - 1856 - 584 Seiten
..." So when an angel, by divine command, Hurls doath and terror o'er a guilty land : He, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.'' But though Satan may sometimes inflict death, I know not that he could ever give life. It was one of... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 Seiten
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. ADDISON. [From " The Campaign."] (Slegn foritfen ma Country Cfjurr^-yarb. \ HE curfew tolls the knell... | |
 | 1860 - 464 Seiten
...of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and unmoved he drives the furious blast, And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. Friday, April 8th, 1859. Captain EG FISHBOURNE, RNCB, in the Chair. NEW ZEALAND CONSIDERED AS A FIELD... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. FROM TRAGEDY OF CATO. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! — Else whence this pleasing... | |
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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 ;... 
