 ... by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all the elemental powers, have...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 411von Samuel Johnson - 1801Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 Seiten
...sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 Seiten
...the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 452 Seiten
...their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all the elemental powers, have hitherto refused my authority, and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests, which I found myself unable... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 Seiten
...sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 446 Seiten
...sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
 | William Sharp - 1885 - 300 Seiten
...the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds at my call have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervors of the crab. I have administered this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 186 Seiten
...passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have Emersion : coming into view. poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervors of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 328 Seiten
...sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervors of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 Seiten
...the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star,1 5 and mitigated the fervors of the crab.1 The winds alone, of... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 358 Seiten
...the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervors of the crab. The winds alone, of all... | |
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