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" He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. "
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... - Page 164
by Hugh Murray - 1805 - 174 pages
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The new Pantheon, or, An introduction to the mythology of the ancients

William Jillard Hort - 1827 - 312 pages
...High heaven the footstool of his feet he makes, And, wide beneath him, all Olympus shakes. He speaks, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial...gives the nod ; The stamp of fate and sanction of the God ; High heav'n, with trembling, the dread signal takes, And all Olympus to the centre shakes....
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - 1829 - 658 pages
...the celestial " locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Mr. Pope translates it thus : He spoke : and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives Ihe nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of a God. High heaven with trembling the dread signal took,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...honours of our head, The nod that ratifies the will divine, 680 The faithful, fii'd, irrevocable sign; This seals thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows —...gives the nod ; The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. Swift...
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Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged. With Questions

Hugh Blair - 1831 - 284 pages
...shook the celestial locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Mr. Pope translates it thus He spoke ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, find gives the nod ; The stamp of tate, and sanction of a God ; High heaven with trembling the dread...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: Chiefly from the Kectures of Dr. Blair

Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 pages
...literally translated 1 'I tal head, all Olympus was shaken." The following is Mr. Pope's translation : He spoke : and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of a god. High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, Ana all Olympus to its centre shook. The image...
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A Book of Mythology for Youth: Containing Descriptions of the Deities ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 128 pages
...High heaven the footstool for his feet he makes, And wide beneath him, all Olympus shakes. He spake ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial...gives the nod; The stamp of Fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven, with trembling, the dreaf signal took, A nd all Olympus to the centre shook....
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A Catechism of Mythology: Containing a Compendious History of the Heathen ...

William Darlington - 1832 - 350 pages
...High heav'n the footstool for his feet he makes, And wide beneath him all Olympus shakes. He spake; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial...and gives the nod; The stamp of fate and sanction of the god: • High heaven, wilh trembling, the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook."...
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric: ... with Appropriate Questions to ...

Hugh Blair - 1832 - 242 pages
...immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Mr. Pope translates it thus: He spoke; and awful bends his gable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod; The stamp of fate, and sanction of a God; High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre shook. The image...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres ...: To which are Added, Copious ...

Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pages
...shook the celestial " locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Mr. Pope translates it thus: He spoke: and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of a God. High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre shook. The image...
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The Kaleidoscope; a periodical conducted by Eton boys [ed. by A.J. Ellis and ...

Alexander John Ellis - 1833 - 360 pages
...Or gnaw."— Kane o' Hara's Midas. |J II. 1. 528. in Pope's version, which compare with the Greek. " He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows; Shakes...gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god ; High heav'n, with trembling, the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre shook."...
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