 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...sage counsel old, Than whom a better 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 5 The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd, Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1835 - 610 pages
...council old, Than "whom, a better senator rie'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repell'd The fierce Epirot and the African bold ; Whether to...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... | |
 | Plantagenet - 1835 - 950 pages
...best?" " Decidedly — eh bien ! adieu !" CHAPTER III. Vane, young ru years, but in sasje coancils old, Than whom a better 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... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick Fay - New York (N.Y.) - 1835 - 906 pages
...XIV. AN INSIGHT INTO THE CHARACTER OF AN OLD BUT SLIGHT ACQUAINTANCE—A TENDER REVERIE INTERRUPTED. —Than whom a better Senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelt'd The fierce Epirot, and the African bold; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1836 - 612 pages
...of New England were not disparaged, but temporarily set aside, for one " young in years, but yet in counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome." When the people called him, hardly a resident of the country, hardly a citizen of age, to the chief magistracy... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 488 pages
...Vane's capacity. Ilisfine sonnet to him begins thus: — " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsels old. Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome." And ends thus ; — 247 Roger Williams and his friends at Providence ; and, being CHAP, soon after... | |
 | Statesmen - 1838 - 434 pages
...composed by a learned gentleman, and sent him, July 3. 1652. ' VANE, young in years, but in sage council old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Eperiot and the African bold. * Whether to settle peace or to unfold The drift... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw. . TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER.' VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...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 5 The drift... | |
 | John Ward - Clergy - 1839 - 356 pages
...faith and ruthless murder, without dwelling for a moment on the character of its splendid victim, " Than whom a better Senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms repell'd." Vane had, it is true, been excepted in the Act of Indemnity, but the same House of Commons... | |
 | Tracts - Church and state - 1840 - 514 pages
...conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose Gospel is their maw. TO SIR HENRY VANE, THE YOUNGER. VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...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... | |
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Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage ; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. 
