 | Robert Lowth - Bible - 1829 - 490 pages
...ISRAELITARVM EBUflKIOX 0 OCCASVM REGIS REGNIQVE BABYLONICI : ODE PROPHETIC A. ISAIAE CAP. XIV. 4 — 27. Ergo insolentis corruit imperi Insana moles ? occidit urbium Regina victrix, nee subacto Effera iam dominatur orbi ? • Fastus tyranni contudit impios lehova vindex, sceptraque ferrea: Qui verbere... | |
 | 1841 - 752 pages
...prophet to the bishop ; from the simplicity of truth to the refinement of an imitated classical style: ' Ergo insolentis corruit imperi Insana moles ? occidit...Regina victrix, nee subacto Effera jam dominatur orbi ?' How hath the gold become dim, and mixed with alloy! Mark the childish astonishment of the interrogation;... | |
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There is the living, fiery, energy of nature, the true prophetic tone. Now let us turn from the prophet to the bishop ; from the simplicity of truth to the refinement of an imitated classical style : ' Ergo insolentis corruit imperi Insana moles ? occidit... 