 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 oldal
...OBNC; OxBS JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748) AND DAVID MALLET (1705P-1765) Alfred, A Masque: Rule Brittania 1 ear life was given, All my life's bliss is in the grave with thee. (1. 17-20) 13 And, even yet, her land, And guardian angels sung the strain-. Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves! Britons... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1996 - 728 oldal
...British air is but a version of the song of the Egyptian Miriam, and the Cyprian Venus. For, ' Whnn Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter — the charter of the land ; And guardian angels Rung this strain : Rule, Britaunia I Britaunia rule... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot - 1997 - 612 oldal
...took place in 1763. famous statement comes from a patriotic masque entitled Alfred published in 1740: When Britain first, at Heaven's command. Arose from out the azure main Blest isle! with matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guard the fair. "Rule, Britannia, rule... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 oldal
...a horse he can ride, Give a man a boat he can sail. THOMSON lames 1700 -1748 11723 Alfred: a Masque olute truth. 7418 BigSurand the Oranges ofHieronymus Bosch Sex is 11724 The Castle of Indolence A little round, fat, oily man of God. 1 1725 'Epitaph on Solomon Mendez'... | |
 | Richard Webster - 1998 - 372 oldal
...attention. In Alfred: A Masque, James Thomson (1700-1748) managed to combine guardian angels and patriotism: When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from...Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves. " William Shakespeare (1564-1616) frequently mentioned angels in his plays and sonnets. In Hamlet (l.iv.39),... | |
 | David Armitage - 2000 - 264 oldal
...commercial world were, perhaps, somewhat exaggerated. CHAPTER 7 Empire and ideology in the Walpolean era When Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from...Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves'.' It is now an historiographical commonplace that the 173os and early 174os marked a watershed in the... | |
 | Suvir Kaul - 2000 - 358 oldal
...for this vision of a powerful Britain, an island raised from the ocean in order to rule its surface: When Britain first, at Heaven's command. Arose from..."Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves."2 Britain's heavenly origins are enunciated via an odd (but representative) yoking of divine... | |
 | Edward Royle - 2000 - 228 oldal
...set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740 in what was to become one of the most popular of patriotic songs: When Britain, first at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter, the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain, Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves,... | |
 | David Foxton - 2000 - 164 oldal
...around, the Singer standing on a platform carrying a large Union Jack. He or she sings . . . Singer: When Britain first at Heaven's command. Arose from out the azure main. Arose from out, arose from out the azure main. This was the charter, the charter of the land. And guardian... | |
 | William E. Phipps - 2001 - 306 oldal
...1797 to commemorate Britain's naval victories, many preachers probably quoted Thomson's popular poem: When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from...Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.138 Rather than speak with pride of the accomplishments of his country, Newton pointed out that... | |
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When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves! 
