 The man resolv'd, and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles. And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies,...  The Life of Joseph Priestly: LL.D., F.R.S., &c., with Critical Observations ... - Page 94by John Corry - 1804 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Houstoun (Matilda Charlotte), John Mitford - 1891 - 340 pages
...right, but the act was one which I did not find it easy to forgive. CHAPTER III. " The man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise." — ADDISON. THE days before the Duke of Clarence became King were very pleasant ones for the many... | |
 | Alfred de Vigny - 1892 - 644 pages
...la constance D'un cœur ferme et vertueux. Compare Addison's abridged rendering : The roan resolved and steady to his trust* Inflexible to ill, and obstinately...despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries. 102 CINQ-MARS. Paje Line fear, though vhe earth be removed, and though thé mountains be carried into... | |
 | A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 pages
...good man is so nobly set forth by Horace, that it cannot be too often repeated : * Wisd. xvii. passim. The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible...the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamors and tumultuous cries, The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow and the harsh... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1914 - 518 pages
...tmltus initantit tyranni, Mente quatit toRda, neque duster Dux tnqutett turbidus Adrie, t*fc. Hor. The man resolv'd, and steady to his trust, Inflexible...greatness smiles. Not the rough whirlwind that deforms JJria's black gulf fcrV. Mr. Creech. I am apt to think it was on Devices of this nature that Horace... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1914 - 540 pages
...several Senators on the project : Horace is suppos'd to have written the following Ode on this occasion. THE Man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible...despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries ; 5 The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior... | |
 | 1923 - 540 pages
...obstinately Just, May the rude Rabbles Insolence despise, Their senseless Clamours and tumultuous Cries i The Tyrant's fierceness he beguiles. And the stern Brow, and the harsh Voice deifies, And with Superior Greatness smiles. Not the rough Whirlwind, that deforms Adria'a black Gulf,... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...Inflexible to all and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamors, and tumultuous cries: The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles,...voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles." He has rendered literally but four words, and them I have italicised. Is it, therefore, a bad translation... | |
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