 | John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...variety, be placed at several other intervals. EXAMPLES. 'Tis hard to say — if greater want of skill. So when an angel — by divine command, With rising tempests — shakes a guilty land. Then from his closing eyes — thy form shall part, And the last pang — shall tear thee from his... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 372 pages
...November, 1703, and mad» «»'' i-«~ic in England, and in several other parts of Eurr And, pleas'd the 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 language.... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...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...blast ; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Hides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm." JMT THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. " ITe that outlives this day,... | |
 | Elocution - 1826 - 82 pages
...fainting squadrons sent the timely aid ; Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, • And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command 1 With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past,) Calm and serene... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...timely aid ; Jnspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. ( 0 ) So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests...And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides ou the whirlwind, and directs the storm. 6. Rous'd from his trance, he mounts with eyes aghast, When... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, p Ana taught the ra M + passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased tli* Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1830 - 568 pages
..." So when an angel, by divine command, Hurls death 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...pause after the fourth syllable : Back through the paths (| of pleasing sense I ran. After the 5th : So when an angel |] by divine command, With rising tempests || shakes a guilty land. After the 6th : Speed the soft intercourse || from soul to soul. After the 7th : two in each line :... | |
 | 1831 - 704 pages
...battle n here to rage. So when an ancel, by divine command. With risinc tem|tests shakes а Kuilty rment, and remorse for uld age. ' As for me, I am the friend of the gods a tlie furious blast; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to jwrfnrm. Rides in the whirlwind, and directs... | |
 | Great Britain - 1832 - 728 pages
...survey1,!, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuli'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 Campaign. The Taller pronounced it "one of the noblest thoughts that ever entered into the heart... | |
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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... 
