 Eternal Cause Prone for his favourites to reverse his laws? Shall burning .ZEtna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ? On air or sea new motions be impress'd, O blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain...  Remarkable Escapes from Peril - Pagina 189door Samuel Manning - 1799 - 192 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 pagina’s
...'d by Cain, As that the virtuous son is ill at ease When his lewd father gave the dire disease. 120 Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause...his favourites to reverse his laws? Shall burning jEtna, if a sage requires,13 Forget to thunder, and recall her fires? to England, and buried in St.... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1855 - 512 pagina’s
...and death to thousands. The inundation that sweeps away one house, may fertilize a whole district. " Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause, Prone for his favorites to reverse his laws ? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pagina’s
...destroyed by Cain, As that the virtuous son is still at case When this lewd father gave the dire disease. Think we, like some weak prince, the eternal cause Prone for his favorites to reverse his laws t Shall burning .^tna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 72 pagina’s
...destroy'd by Cain, As that the virtuous son is ill at ease When the lewd father gave the dire disease. Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause Prone for his favorites to reverse his laws ! IV. Shall burning ^Etna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 378 pagina’s
...Bethel": " When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease if you go by ? " Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause prone for His favourites to reverse His laws ? So thought the Egyptian robber, who, as Jeremy Taylor tells the story, was awakened by Serapis while... | |
 | Herbert William Morris - 1876 - 736 pagina’s
...Divine Providence, no room for prayer, no hope or comfort for the suppliant. Stoically it is asked — " Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause, Prone, for his favorites to reverse his laws ; Shall burning Etna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall... | |
 | James McCosh - 1880 - 572 pagina’s
...for the wants of his creatures, and nicely adapts hia dispensations to their state and character. " Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause Prone for his favourites to reverse hia laws ? Shall burning Etna, If a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ; On air... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pagina’s
...destroyed by Cain, As that the virtuous son is ill at ease When his lewd father gave the dire disease Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause Prone for his fav'ritcs to reverse his laws? Shall burning ^Etna, if a sage requires. Forgetto thunder, and recall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1898 - 122 pagina’s
...good,7 Or change admits, or Nature lets it fall, 115 Short, and but rare, till man improved it all. IV. Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal Cause Prone for His favorites to reverse His laws? the blot of barbarous conduct, in the Alsatian and Palatinate campaigns... | |
 | George Gore - 1899 - 628 pagina’s
...omnipotent power to alter its course for his special benefit is a sublimely ridiculous error : — ' ' Think we, like some weak prince, the Eternal cause Prone for his fav'rites to reverse his laws ? " — Pope. Covetous desire is not yet eradicated nor is it likely... | |
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