 Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done.  Discourses on Government - Page 60by Algernon Sidney - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1856 - 434 pages
...addressed to him the following just tribute of praise. " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Epirot, and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold ; Whether to...or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled, Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...their maw. xx. [xvn.] TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER. (1652 ?) VANE, young in years, but in sage eounsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repelled The fieree Epirot and the Afriean bold, 5. erowned Fortune, ie the Royalist eause, with partieular... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...counsel old, Than whom a better senator ii«'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms repelled Tl,e fierce Epirot and the African bold; Whether to settle peace or to unfolJ The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled; Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1861 - 734 pages
...gospel is their maw. XVII. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGEK. VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm...settle peace, or to unfold ' The drift of hollow States 1 hard to be spelTd; Then to advise how War may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...propagation of the Gotptl. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better Senator ne'er held The helm...when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot, and th' African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd... | |
 | Charles Sumner - France - 1863 - 80 pages
...Milton, in one of his most inspired sonnets, addresses, as " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better Senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold." The answer of such men may well be a precedent to... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Kansas - 1868 - 208 pages
...Milton, in one of his most inspired sonnets, addresses, as " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better Senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold." The answer of such men may well be a precedent to... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...whose gospel is their maw. TO SIR HENRY VANE, THE YOUNGER. VANE ! young in years, but in sage counsel old, — Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold, — Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...gospel is their maw. 10 XII. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER. VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm...African bold ; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 6 The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd ; Then to advise how War may, best upheld, Move by... | |
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