 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
 | Charles Rollin - 1850 - 668 pages
...diccnl: Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento. Let others better mould the running mass Of melals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh...face ; Plead better at the bar, describe the skies, Virg. jEn. vi. And when the stars descend and when they rise; To rule mankind, and make the world obey... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1851 - 616 pages
...regere imperio populos, Romano, memento. — Virg. JEm. vi Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...; Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way.— Dryden. This is the Abbe Fraguier's reflection in the short dissertation he has left us upon this passage... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 pages
...field around; The rivers and the rocks remurmur to the sound. 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 fetter'd slave to free; These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. From hence... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 372 pages
...the French invasion of Italy in 1796, the total forces * "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 fetter'd slave to free: These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." ¿Emid,... | |
 | Frederick William Torrance, McGill University. Faculty of Law - 1854 - 40 pages
...mould the running mass OF metals, and : nform the breatliing brass, And soften into flesh a mar'ule face ; Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies....And when the stars descend and when they rise. But Home ! 'tis thine alone, with an fuK sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace... | |
 | Joseph Gales - 1824 - 872 pages
...imponere morem, Farcere subjectis, et debellare superboe. " Let others better mould the running mast Of metals ; and inform the breathing brass ; And soften...obey ! Disposing peace and war — thy own majestic sway — To tame the proud — the fettered slave to free ; — These are imperial arts, and worthy... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 pages
...inform the hreathing hrass, And soften into flesh a marhle face ; Plead hetter at the har ; deserihe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful swaj, To rule mankind, and make thn world ohey, Disposing peace and war thy own niujeslio way: To tame... | |
 | 1861 - 930 pages
...Anchises, breathe the very soul of the Roman citizen : — " Let others better moulil the running mas? Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise ; Bat, Uome, 'tis thine alone, with awfol sway, To rule mankind and make the world obey — Disposing... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1864 - 594 pages
...imponere morem, Paroere subjectis, et debellare superbos. 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 fetter'd slave to free : These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. MARCELLUS.... | |
 | Patrick Francis Moran - 1864 - 214 pages
...apply to the Irish what Virgil sang regarding the Romans : — Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass ; And soften...when the stars descend, and when they rise : But, Erin, be it thine, mark well, I pray, Thy faith to hold, Christ's Vicar to obey."f* As a specimen how... | |
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