 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 trang
...recollecting that the word vulgar is never used as a singular subftantive, he adopted the reading of the text. *On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How...fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire; kO'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys... | |
 | Plutarch - 1816 - 314 trang
...warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Char'es decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, . Xo dangers fright him, and no labours tire. O'er love,...wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain r *fo joys to him pacific sceptres yield ; War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field. Behold surrounding... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 trang
...flands the warrior's pride, How jult his hopes, let Swedifh Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a foul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire;...fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleafure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific fceptres yield, War founds the trump, he ru(hes to the... | |
 | 1817 - 314 trang
...debt; [gret, Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How...rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine. And one capitulate, and one resign ; [vain ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 trang
...convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. , *On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How juet his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of...the field ; ., • Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 trang
...everlasting debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How...rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1819 - 538 trang
...Twelfth, or the following verses which describe them, extracted from Johnson's ' Vanity of Human Wishes :' On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How...rushes to the field. Behold surrounding kings their power combine, And one capitulate, and one resign. Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 trang
...debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. t On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How...rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms... | |
 | Thomas Pruen - 1820 - 348 trang
...inverted commas. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride ? How just his hopes, " Napoleon may" decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers...rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding Kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign. Place courts his hand, but spreads her charms in... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 trang
...th' enormous weight \Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below? On what foundation stands the warrior's pride. How...fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extetids his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific sceptres... | |
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On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain... 
