 Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His...  Specimens of the British poets - Página 221por British poets - 1809Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 páginas
...monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious...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... | |
 | Plutarch - 1821 - 378 páginas
...him to the ground F His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious band. He left the name at which the world grew pale, • • • To point a moral, or adorn a tale1 JOHNSONV ' * Antigonus the First was killed at the battle of I ps us, and" Demetrius the First... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 504 páginas
...hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands. Condemn' da needy suppliant to wait, While ladies interpose and slaves debate....the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ' struck with terror. His hands trembled, and between his desire to give the stroke, and the confusion... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 320 páginas
...rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 páginas
...Charles of Sweden — His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and an " humble" hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn :i TALE. THE MONASTERY; A ROMANCE. INTKODUCTORY EPISTLE FROM CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK, OF HIS MAJESTY'S... | |
 | 1822 - 520 páginas
...is somewhat to be commended, much to be admired, more to be condemned, and all to be wondered at. " He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." 220 No. II. HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN CAROLINE. - . IN presenting to the public a memoir of the... | |
 | 1822 - 520 páginas
...is somewhat to be commended, much to be admired, more to be* condemned, and all to be wondered at. " He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." No. II. HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN CAROLINE. IN presenting to the public a memoir of the late Queen,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 442 páginas
...fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? * Ver. 147—167. k O'er love or force. His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty...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... | |
 | Plutarch - 1823 - 448 páginas
...monarchy give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious...the world grew pale. To point a moral, or adorn a taie J JOHNSON. * Antigonus the First was killed at the battle of Ipsiis, and Denaetrius the First... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 páginas
...Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost ; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay ; — Hide, blushing Glory,...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... | |
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