 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 Manual of English Literature - Page 519by Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anthony Blackwall - 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 the Duke... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber - 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 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.... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 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 Priestley - 1777 - 348 pages
...(Such as of late o'er pdc Britannia paft) Calm and ferene he guicV. the furious blaft; And, plcafeil th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the ftorm. The light which this fimile throws upon the principal object in the poem, can only arife from... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 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:... | |
 | 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 and... | |
 | 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 and... | |
 | 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 nation... | |
 | 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... | |
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