 | Benjamin Martin - 1772 - 516 Seiten
...more ferioufly, Homer At tbe red Comet from Satarnius./«rt To fright the Nations with a din Pcrtent, (A fatal Sign to Armies on the Plain, Or trembling Sailors on the wat'ry Mam) With fweeping Glories glides (ilong in Air, And fha'bes the Sparkles from bis Hazing Hair. Euphrof.... | |
 | 1807 - 472 Seiten
...are various. Tt-e ancients believed they were harbingers of divine vengeance :— thus Homer — " A fatal sign to armies on the plain, " Or trembling sailors on the wat'ry main." Some of the modorro, particulaily Sir Isaac Newton, aru of opinion, 'liât they are ordained ! ЪУ... | |
 | 1807 - 550 Seiten
...are various. The ancients believed they were harbingers of divine vengeance : — thus Homer — *' A fatal sign to armies on the plain, «' Or trembling sailors on the wat'ry main." Some of ihe moderns, particularly Sir Isaac Newton, are of opinion, that they are ordained by ProvHence... | |
 | 1807 - 514 Seiten
...Cnmets are various. The ancients believed they were harbingers of divine vengeance : — thus Homer— " A fatal sign to armies on the plain, " Or trembling sailors on the wai'ry main." Some of the moderns, particularly Sir Isaac Newton, ate of opinion, that they are ordained... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 Seiten
...Olympus' height. 100 As the red comet, from Saturnins sent To fright the nations with a dire portent (A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wintry main), With sweeping glories glides along in air, 105 And shakes the sparkles from its blaaing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 Seiten
...Olympus' height. As the red comet, from Saturnius sent . To fright the nations with a dire portent (A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wintery main) With sweeping c lories glides along in air, And shakes the sparkles from its blazing... | |
 | 1813 - 352 Seiten
...from Olympus' height. As the red comet, from Saturnius sent To fright the nations with a dire portent, (A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wintry main) With sweeping glories glides along in air, And shakes the sparkles from its blazing hair... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...who speaks of . . . . " The red comet, by Saturnia sent, To fright the nations with a dire portent; A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wat'ry main." And a similar allusion is also given by Milton, who compares the indignation of Satan, at being opposed... | |
 | 1818 - 400 Seiten
...the following lines:—' The red Comet, by Saturnia sent, To fright the nations with a dire portent ; A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wat'ry main. Milton, Young, and Savage, all speak of comets being regarded in this light ; and there is reason to... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 Seiten
...from Olympus' height. As the red comet, from Saturnius sent To fright the nations with a dire portent, (A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wintry main) With sweeping glories glides along in air, And shakes the sparkles from its blazing hair... | |
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As the red comet, from Saturnius sent To fright the nations with a dire portent, (A fatal sign to armies on the plain, Or trembling sailors on the wintry main) With sweeping glories glides along in air, And shakes the sparkles from its blazing hair ;... 
