 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 436 páginas
...of the great POET OF LIBERTY. John Milton addressed to him the following just tribute of praise. " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arme, repelled The fierce Epirot, and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift... | |
 | John Ward - 1839 - 344 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Ward - 1839 - 356 páginas
...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 - 1840 - 514 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1840 - 480 páginas
...and the memory of the men, who have fallen victims to their unconquerable love of republican liberty. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Home, when gowns, not arms, repelled The flerce Epirot, and the African bold, Whether to settle peace,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1841 - 262 páginas
...Acquaintance—A lender Revery interrupted. " Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Home, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Epirot and...or to unfold The drift of hollow States, hard to be spelled." Milton to Sir Henry Vane the Younger. MR. MORDAUNT LESLIE sat alone in his study. Hitherto... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 páginas
...conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw. XVII. 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 páginas
...statesman we may say a few words, taking Milton's sonnet as our text, which was sent him July 3, 1652. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, nor arms, repell'd The fierce Epirote and the African bold. Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 494 páginas
...pronounces a noble eulogy on him in the sonnet which commences, " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsels old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome." united themselves with Roger Williams and his friends at Providence ; and in March, 1638, by his aid,... | |
 | William Newell - 1846 - 76 páginas
...receive in his own land. It was to him that Milton, at an after period, addressed the lines, — " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...or to unfold The drift of hollow states, hard to be spelled ; Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all... | |
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VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold... 
