 | 1834 - 438 pages
...of our head, The nod that ratifies the will divine, The faiOifv/, fixed, irrevocable ngn, This scale thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows. — He spoke,...his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fnte, and sanction of the god : High heaven with trrmbling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to... | |
 | John Gould - 1835 - 430 pages
...resentment. It is thus that Homer paints Jupiter shaking Olympus by the motion of l,is hair and eyebrows. Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of Fate and sanction of the god. Jupiter is not always exhibited in this tranquil state. In a basrelief, belonging to the Marquis... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1836 - 416 pages
...those lines * of Homer in which he alludes to the sublime expression of Jupiter's countenance, — " He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes...gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god," served him as the model for his Olympian Jupiter, and that it was only through their assistance... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...honours of our head, The nod that ratifies the will divine, 6SO The faithful, fix'd, irrevocahle sign ; This seals thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows — He spoke, and awful hends his sahle hrows ; Shakes his amhrosial curls, and gives the nod; The stamp of fate, and sanction... | |
 | 1837 - 222 pages
...honours of our head, The nod that ratifies the will divine, The faithful, fixed, 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. POPE'S... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 pages
...makes in the first Iliad, nor more charming than that of Venus in the first jEneid. niad°'i'.saa. Пе spoke, and awful bends his sable brows; Shakes his...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 the centre shook. Pope.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1837 - 242 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, and gives the nod j The stamp of fate, and sanction of a 'God ; Hjgh heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - 372 pages
...literally translated 1 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, And all Olympus to its centre shook. The image... | |
 | 1838 - 450 pages
...shall again take the liberty to quote from Pope. He thus translates the passage referred to above. " He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes...gives the nod ; The stamp of fate, and sanction of a God ; High heav'n with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook." The... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - 338 pages
...shook the celestial locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." 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. Analysis.... | |
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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. 
