 | James Charles Blomfield - 1882 - 342 páginas
..."This is the moral of all human tales, "Tis but the same rehearsal of the past ; First freedom, and then glory ; when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption...at last ; And History, with all her volumes vast, Math but one tale." —(Byron's Chilfle Harold.) As early as the days of Edward II. and Henry V., the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 308 páginas
...There is the moral of all human tales; 'T is but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory— when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,...History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page — 't is better written here, Where gorgeous Tyranny hath thus amass'd All treasures, all delights,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 páginas
...There is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First freedom, aud then glory — when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption...history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page. 2159 Byron: Ch. Harold. Canto iv. St. IDS HOBBIES. One master passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent,... | |
 | 1883 - 540 páginas
...incident to every government, foreign invasion and inward rebellion. — LORD BACON. First freedom, and then glory —when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,...history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page, — 't is better written here, Where gorgeous tyranny had thus amassed All treasures, all delights,... | |
 | Concord School of Philosophy - 1883 - 176 páginas
...This is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past — First freedom and then glory; when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption, barbarism at last ; And History, with all its volumes vast, Hath but one page." PRESENT ASPECTS OF PHILOSOPHY IN GERMANY. I. BY PROFESSOR . GEORGE... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 páginas
...of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory—when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,—barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page,—'t is better written here Where gorgeous Tyranny hath thus amass'd All treasures, all delights,... | |
 | J. Hagerty - 1884 - 156 páginas
...why history repeats itself. Byron says : " "Pis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom and then Glory— when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption...History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page." In a word, vanity or ambition and selfishness have done the business in the past, and will likewise... | |
 | James Charles Blomfield - 1884 - 242 páginas
..."This is the moral of all human tales, 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past ; First freedom, and then glory ; when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption...And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one tale." —(Byron's Childe Harold.) As early as the .days of Edward II. and Henry V., the monasteries... | |
 | Herbert Allen Giles - 1884 - 284 páginas
...determined the chronology which still obtains in China.] A CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST. (Bv AN EYE-WITNESS.) Wealth, vice, corruption, — barbarism at last. And...history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page. WHEN the House of Han arose, the evils of their predecessors had not passed away. Husbands still went... | |
 | Samuel E. Staples - 1884 - 36 páginas
...rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory; when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption—barbarism at last; And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page." . ||i •. -I•31 ii < *•" * * • -- . • . -I••• . * •'jSlK IB -fit IB i -S'J f Ho'ist'.'... | |
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There is the moral of all human tales; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory— when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,— barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page... 
