 Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise: But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 421by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Paul Rodgers - 1836 - 232 pages
...inconceiveable air of grandeur, and fully justified what the poet said near two thousand years ago : — " But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway To rule...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." Passing... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...pacisque imponere morera; Parcere subjectis, et debellare superóos. VIRO. Лап. lib. vi., ver. 851. . Ps. xxvii. 14. Prov. xx. 22. e Ps. lii. 5, 6. xci....tree that yroweih in Verse 27. Depart from evil, an : To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free : These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." DRYDEN.... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1839 - 308 pages
...Virg. JE.H. vL Let others better mould the running mass ОГ metals, and inform the breathing braes, And soften Into flesh a marble face ; Plead better...world obey ; Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way.—Drydm. This is the Abbé Fraguier's reflection in the short dissertation he has left us upon... | |
 | James Orange - 1840 - 542 pages
...Parcere subjectis, ct debellarc superbos." .3JNBID, VI. 848. " Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass; And soften...obey; Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way: To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free ; These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." DRYDENS... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...better, nor the like instance, as of that pair, Alexander Great and Julius Caesar the dictator ; wh And soften into flesh a marble face, Plead better...rise. But Rome, 'tis thine alone with awful sway. Disposing peace and war thy own malestic wav, To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free ; " These... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...warning tineas, the supposed founder of the race : Let others better mould the running mass Of medals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh...when the stars descend and when they rise : But Rome, 't is thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 342 pages
...warning jEneas, the supposed founder of the race : Let others better mould the running mass Of medals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free — These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.t But... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 pages
...warning .ZEneas, the supposed founder of the race : Let others better mould the running mass Of medals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free — These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.t But... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 354 pages
...warning ^Eneas, the supposed founder of the race : Let others better mould the running mass Of medals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh...: But Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rale mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; To tame the proud,... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1841 - 296 pages
...regere imperio populos, Romane, memento. — F'irg. ¿Кн. vL Lot others beuer mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face ; Plead beuer at the har, describe the skies, And when the stars descend and when they rise ; But, Itome, 'tis... | |
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