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 221de British poets - 1809Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Plutarch - 1801 - 528 páginas
...hoftile millions prefs him to the ground : His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand. He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! JOHNSON. chin, chin, fo that it was a long time before he could fepasrate the head from the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 páginas
...; Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shews his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant...hand ; \ He left the name at which the world grew palej \ To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 páginas
...J Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day: The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shews his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant...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... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...his wide domain, Unconquer'd Lord of Pleasure and of Pain. And afterwards of his unexpected death : Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile...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.* Two succeeding passages,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...Unconquer'd Lord of Pleasure and of Pain. And afterwards of his unexpected death : Did rival moharchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him...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.* Two succeeding passages,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...Lord of Pleasure and of Pain. And afterwards of his unexpected death : • Did rival monarchs'give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to...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.* Two succeeding passages,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 páginas
...? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? 4. £ Hi* fall was destin'd to a barren strand, t- A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the...the world grew pale, TO point a moral, or adorn a tale. *A11 times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 páginas
...hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, 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 fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1807 - 470 páginas
...adopted it as his own. Do you remember the four concluding lines, that describe Charles's death ? " His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, •" A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; " He left the aame, at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, or adorn a tale." There is another relic, which... | |
| George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 páginas
...hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, 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 fcenes of pom pous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's Lord.... | |
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