 In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions, and high passions best describing: Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce...  Lectures on poetry and general literature - Page 18by James Montgomery - 1833 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life; 265 High aclions, and high paffions beft defcribing: Thence to the famous orators repair, Thofe ancient,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...what the lofty grave tragedians taught Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief-sententious precepts, while they treat Of Fate, and Chance, and change in human life ; High aftions, and high passions best describing i Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 258 pages
...hit ce or hand, and variour-meafur'd Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life; 165 High aftions, and high paffions belt defcribing: Thence to the famous orators repair, Thofe ancient,... | |
 | 1794 - 570 pages
...taught In chorus and iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief lententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human lifej High aftioris, and high paffions beft defcribing. PAR. REO. iv. j6i. * It was evidently after... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...grave tragedians taught In Chorus or lambick, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of...will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne : To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear, From... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...grave tragedians taught In Chorus or lambick, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of...life, High actions and high passions best describing: Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of f.itc, and cbte.ee, and change in human life, High actions and high passions best describing: Thence to the fnnnus orators repair, Tho>e ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that tierce democratic,... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 244 pages
...received, Jn brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of Fate, of Chance, and change in human life; 265 High actions, and high passions best describing :...whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democracy, Shook the' arsenal, and fnlmin'd over Greece, 270 To Macedon and Artaxerxes throne. To sage... | |
 | John Potter - Greece - 1818 - 616 pages
...delivery, those noble orations upon the affairs of Athens, in which Wielded at will that fierce democracy, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes" throne.' 1 resistless eloquence The times in which he lived were the most favourable that could have possibly... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1819 - 382 pages
...grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of...resistless eloquence Wielded, at will, that fierce democraty, Shook the' arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne: From Heaven... | |
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