| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 páginas
...Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes 1 where is he, the champion and the child O( all that's great or little, wise or wild . Whose game was empires, anil whose stakes were thrones ; Whoso table earth— whose dice were human bones 8 Behold the grand... | |
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 páginas
...envy dar'd not hate — Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make men blush there was but one. BYRON. Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones....Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones. BYRON'S Age. of Bronze. While Franklin's quiet memory climbs to heaven, Calming the lightning which... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 páginas
...they crawl'd of Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the champion and n, forest, river? Man nor brute, Nor dint of hoof,...print of foot, Lay in the wild luxuriant soil ; No sig ; [bones? Whose table earth — whose dice were human Behold the gratid result in yon lone isle, And,... | |
| Annie Emma Challice - 1871 - 412 páginas
...The Tuileries," preceding. " Who, born no King, made monarchs draw his car ; Whose game was empire, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table, earth ; whose dice were human bones." On the Pope's way to Fontainebleau, through southern districts and rural towns of France, he was received... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1872 - 214 páginas
...a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate. 7. Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild...Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ? 8. ' Whom the gods love, die young,' was said of yore. 9. Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour, The time,... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1872 - 198 páginas
...a noun with a possessive adjective, in apposition to ' you. ' ' Yes! where is he, the champion and the child, Of all that's great or little, wise or...game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones.' All this sentence after ' he,' describes what ' he ' refers to, and is analysed as being in apposition... | |
| Lady Lucy Clementina Drummond Davies - 1872 - 634 páginas
...accept this chance; but .as I had always felt a great desire to see the hero " Whose game was empire, and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth — whose dice were human hones," I accompanied my father back to the Tuileries. When we arrived there, the Emperor was addressing... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 378 páginas
...crawl'd of late, Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild...human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle,5 And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile. Sigh to behold the eagle's lofty rage Reduced to nibble... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 380 páginas
...thrones ; Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ! Behold the grand result in yon lone isle,5 And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile. Sigh to behold the eagle's lofty rage Reduced to nibble at his narrow cage ; Smile to survey the queller of the nations Now daily squabbling o'er disputed rations;... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1874 - 412 páginas
...spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head. — Byron. 102. Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones,...Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones.— Byron. 103. How oft when Paul has served us with a text, Has Plato, Tully, Epictetus preached. 104.... | |
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