 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
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1866 - 504 pages
...meatus Describent radio, et fulgentia sidera dicent; Hio regere imperio populos sciat.' " Let others Plead better at the bar, describe the skies, And when...But, Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rnle mankind, and make the world obey." Plutarch says moreover, that to appear so excellent in these... | |
 | Thomas Nicholas - 1868 - 676 pages
...from the situation of most of the > SEncid, vi. 854: — " Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass ; And soften...awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey : To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free ; These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." Parental... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1869 - 320 pages
...Anchises, breathe the very soul of the Roman citizen : — " 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."1 If the... | |
 | Pioneers - 1869 - 308 pages
...PIONEERS OF CIVILISATION. CHAPTER I. THE SOLDIEB-PIONEEB. " Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass; And soften...And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But, Kome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace... | |
 | Charles Rollin, James Bell - 1870 - 742 pages
...sidcradiccr.ti Tu rcgere imperio populos, Romane, memento. ig JEn.n. Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and Inform the breathing brass, And soften...describe the skies, And. when the stars descend and when (hey rise , But, Rome, r Is thine alone with awful sway. To rule mankind, and make the world obey ;... | |
 | Virgil - 1870 - 550 pages
...better at the liar ; describe the skiea, ^nd when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome I 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind,...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." He... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1870 - 540 pages
...liable to those vicissitudes which may alter your position. You do not stand like Rome — Kome, it is thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. "We are, on the contrary, among several nations of great power, of great civilization, with institutions,... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1870 - 518 pages
...liable to those vicissitudes which may alter your position. You do not stand like Rome— Eomo, it is thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. We are, on the contrary, among several nations of great power, of great civilization, with institutions,... | |
 | 1871 - 832 pages
...boast, and accomplished it with unflinching determination : 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. It follows,... | |
 | 1871 - 848 pages
...boast, and accomplished it with unflinching determination : 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 theo. It follows,... | |
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