Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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 ;... "
A first sketch of English literature. With suppl. to the end of queen ... - Page 780
by Henry Morley - 1912
Full view - About this book

An Introduction to the Classics: Containing a Short Discourse on Their ...

Anthony Blackwall - 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...
Full view - About this book

The Tatler, Volume 1

1803 - 410 pages
...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 and...
Full view - About this book

The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...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...
Full view - About this book

The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 2

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...
Full view - About this book

The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 6

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...
Full view - About this book

The Poems of Ossian: &c, Volume 2

James Macpherson - 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, "...
Full view - About this book

The poems of Ossian, &c. containing the poetical works of J ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...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...
Full view - About this book

Poésie, versification [etc

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...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 une...
Full view - About this book

Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry

John Aikin - 1806 - 346 pages
...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. An objection has been made against this simile, that it too nearly resembles the primary object ; for...
Full view - About this book

The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...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 first ONSET of a BATTLE, ILLUSTRATED BY A NOBLE COMPARISON. (POPE'S HOMER'S ILIAD.} FIJC'D at his...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF