 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by...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... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Terrible as the spirit of Trenmor ; when, in a whirlwind, he comes to Moreen.] ADDISOK'S Campaign. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests...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... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 pages
...his 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
...his 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, "... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by...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... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...destroying angel, to whom Marlborough at the battle of Blenheim is compared, has been much admired : So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests...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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...comparaison si souvent citée dans les auteurs classiques : So when an angel, by divine command , ^Vith rising tempests shakes a guilty land , Such as of...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.... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuK'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an Angel by...divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty Iand4 Such as of late o er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast 5 And,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid! Inspir'd repuU'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an Angel by divine command, With rising tempests shaken a guilty land, Such as of laie o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious... | |
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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; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs... 
