| Catherine Talbot - 1819 - 414 trang
...application of the Satirist's character of Hannibal, to that of Charles xn. of Sweden. " He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Essay xir. 147 to stand on those gems, in the midst of the earth, the sun and moon, seem to... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 trang
...ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 trang
...ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. * All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| Thomas Pruen - 1820 - 348 trang
...—" He goes, inglorious, to a distant soil," A petty fortress " in a narrow Isle;" " And leaves" the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! ASSUMPTION of the Virgin Mary. A festival in the Greek and Romish Churches, to celebrate the... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 trang
...ground 2 His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays ; Hides... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1820 - 388 trang
...— His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and a ' ' humble" hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a TALE. THE END. r EDINBURGH: Printed by James Ballantyne anil Co WOKKS PUBLISHED BY ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE,... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 trang
...ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant, to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 314 trang
...ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| 1843 - 684 trang
...him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand : He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale."» * Vanity of Human Wishes: In Imitation of the Tenth Satyr of Juvenal. The reader will, perhaps,... | |
| 1827 - 472 trang
...sunbeam. Frederickshall possesses no other attraction than tii.it which is derived from him, " Who left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." Although contrary to the usual practice, yet I found little difficulty in prevailing on the... | |
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