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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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Tales about the Mythology of Greece and Rome, Volume 1839

Peter Parley - 1839 - 384 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 dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook....
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...That flit ere you can point the place ; Or, like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. He spoke ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...ambrosial curls, and gives the nod ; The stamp of fate, the sanction of a God ; High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - 1839 - 702 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, The stamp of lute, and sanction of a God. High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...honours of our head, The nod that ratifies the will divine, The faithful, fix'd, irrevocable sign ; glory rise, From shelves to shelves see greedy Vulcan roll, And lick up all their physic of th Shakos his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven...
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A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of ...

Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 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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Religious Ceremonies and Customs; or, the Forms of worship practised by the ...

William Burder - 1841 - 624 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 dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. TEMPLES....
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Religious Ceremonies and Customs: Or, The Forms of Worship Practised by the ...

William Burder - 1841 - 638 pages
...footstool for his feet he makes, And wide heneath him all Olympus shakes. He spake, and awful bonds 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. The...
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Walks Through the Studii of the Sculptors at Rome, Volumes 1-2

Hawks Le Grice - 1841 - 462 pages
...penetrate beyond the boundless regions of creation bespeak the great Jove, heaven's mighty king ! " He shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod; The stamp of fate , and sanction of the god ". This cameo is of oriental agate, and is sculptured in very high relief. It must have presented...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...what none dare refuse, — the passive obedience and trembling homage of all the minor divinities, " Shakes his ambrosial Curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, the sanction of a god !" State affairs have for several years monopolized the attention pf Mr. M'Duffie....
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Elements of Mythology: Or, Classical Fables of the Greeks and Romans

Eliza Robbins - 1851 - 318 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....
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