 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...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 repell'd The fierce Epirot...peace or to unfold The drift of hollow states, hard to b« spell'd, Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, !... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...senator ne'er held • The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot and the African bold ; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold . The drift of hollow States hard to be spell 'd; Then to advise how War may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 484 pages
...to him, and consider him in his capacity for the MODERN. Here Lis Lordship shines without a rival, " Whether to settle peace, or to unfold " The drift of hollow states — besides to know " Both SPIRITUAL POWER AND CIVIL, what each mean?, " What severs each " as was... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...not arms, repellM The fierce Epirot and the African bold ; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 0 The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd; Then...all her equipage : besides to know Both spiritual pow'r and civil, what each means, 10 What severs each, thou hast Itarn'd, which few have done: XVIII.... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...pleasing to speak of such a man in the language of Milton. ii " A better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot,...know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, >Vhat severs each." As an officer of the government, he was disinterested, and as useful and intelligent... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repcU'd The fierce Epirot, ami the Afran bold ; Whcthrt to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states, hard to be spcll'd ; Then to nclvisc how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot and the' African bold; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift...power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou' hast learn'd, which few have done : The bounds of either sword to thee we owe : Therefore on... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot and the African bold ; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift...: besides to know Both spiritual power and civil, whateach means, What severs each, thou hast learn'd, which few have done: The bounds of either sword... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...gowns, not arms, reThe fierce Epirot, and th' African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 5 The drift of hollow States hard to be spell'd ; Then...power and civil, what each means. What severs each, thou' hast learn'd, which few have done : The bounds of either sword to thee we owe; Therefore on thy... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...alludes to the execuThe fierce Epirot and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 5 The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd, Then...all her equipage : besides to know Both spiritual pow'r and civil, what each means, 10 What severs each, thou hast learn'd, which few have done : The... | |
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