 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.  Microcosm. General index - Page 169by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1862 - 556 pages
...and carves, and embroiders, and all the rest of it — " England, 'tis thine, alone with awful awuy, To RULE MANKIND, AND MAKE THE WORLD OBEY, Disposing Peace and War thine own majestic way." Roo— ey— too— ey— too— ey— too— ey— too— cy! UNPARDONABLE... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1842 - 964 pages
...of the utmost disadvantage to herself. She did not stand like Rome, the conqueror of the world — " But, Rome, 'tis thine alone with awful sway, To rule...make the world obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own ma. jestic way, To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free ; These are imperial arts and worthy... | |
 | Michel Eyquem de Montaigne - 1842 - 792 pages
...meatui Pescribent radio, et fulgentia sidera dicent, Hie regere imperio populos sciât. a " Let others Plead better at the bar, describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise, Put, Rome] 'tis thine atone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey." Plutarch says,... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pages
...bruts ; Plead better at the bar, describe the skies, Tell when the start descend, auil when they rile : But Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful •> sway, To rule mankind, and make the world ob Disposing peace and war, thy own in < tick way. To tiro* the proud, the fettered slave tt> free;... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt - 1845 - 786 pages
...meatus Deacribent radio, et fulgcntia sidera diccnt, Hie regere imperio populos sciât.* " Let others Plead better at the bar, describe the skies, And when...they rise, But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful «way. Tu rule mankind, and make the world obey." Plutarch says, moreover, that to appear so excellent... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 568 pages
...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...mankind, and make the world obey. Disposing peace and wnr, thy own majestic way : To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: — These are imperial arts... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...liable to those vicissitudes which may alter your position. You do not stand like Rome— " Eome, it is thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thine own majestic way: —" l we are, on the contrary, among several nations of great power, of great... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1851 - 616 pages
...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...; 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... | |
 | Frederick William Torrance, McGill University. Faculty of Law - Roman law - 1854 - 40 pages
...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 - United States - 1824 - 872 pages
...the running mast Of metals ; and inform the breathing brass ; And soften into flesh a marble face ; Plead better at the bar, describe the skies, And when...obey ! Disposing peace and war — thy own majestic sway — To tame the proud — the fettered slave to free ; — These are imperial arts, and worthy... | |
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