 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...  The Westminster Review - Page 2581901Full view - About this book
 | Claude Fleury - Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...848, &c. Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass— 7 But, Rome, 'tis thine alone with awful sway , , ; To rule mankind, and make the world obey :— To tame the proud, the fetlerwl race to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. j)RYp.... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - Italy - 1821 - 540 pages
...erunt artes ! pacis que imponere morem Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. Krgil Mn. vi. 851. But, Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind,...and make the world 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... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...3 Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend and when they rise. But, Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, "* To rule mankind, and make the world obey, 5Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; 3 To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : —... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...J Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome, 'tis thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind,...and make the world obey; Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free; These are imperial arts, and worthy... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...; Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend and when they rise. But Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway. To rule mankind,...and make the world obey ; Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free ; These are imperial arts, and... | |
 | Virgil - 1825 - 288 pages
...> Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule...and make the world obey. Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : — These are imperial arts and... | |
 | Virgil - 1825 - 298 pages
...better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Borne! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, > To rule mankind,...and make the world obey, > Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way : j To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : — These are imperial arts... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...reasons pinch, and where they fail. And ч here exceptions o'er the general rule prevail. Dryden. Home ! 'tis thine alone with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. Id. There being no law of nature, nor positive law of Cod, that determines which... | |
 | Virgil - 1830 - 370 pages
...1170 Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule...mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; 1175 To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : These are imperial arts,... | |
 | Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1834 - 340 pages
...1170 Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars ascend, and when they rise. But, Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule...mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : 1175 These are imperial arts,... | |
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