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" 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 221
por British poets - 1809
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 páginas
...but spreads her charms in vain 4 Think nothing gain'd,' he cries, ' till nought remain : On Mosco's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath...the world grew pale. To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Extract from Mr. ELLIOTT'S Address before the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina....
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The History of Thucydides, Volumen2

Thucydides - 1829 - 584 páginas
...with little change, the words of Johnson on the hero above mentioned : — " 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." By it'fwm the fatal blow was given was not perceived ; though the hand by which Cleon fell was...
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The history of Thucydides, newly tr. and illustr. with annotations ..., Volumen2

Thucydides - 1829 - 586 páginas
...the hero above mentioned : — " His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and n dubious hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." By whom the fatal blow was given was not perceived ; though the hand by which Cleon fell was...
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An Historical Account of My Own Life: With Some Reflections on the Times I ...

Edmund Calamy - 1829 - 534 páginas
...siege of Fredericshall, in Norway. See Voltaire's Hutuire, (1764,) ii. 179. " 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." Johnson, — ED. ' t To secure his election, he had embraced the Roman Catholic religion, a...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volúmenes3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, aiid ay hope, chuste. Kv»-. towo Like thy own solemn s\ 0 nymph reserved, while now the bright-h tale.* . . . But grant the virtues of a temperate prime, Bless wîth au age exempt from scoru or crime;...
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The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated ...

1831 - 790 páginas
...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend T Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs...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. * All times their scenes of...
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Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Selections from the Works of the Most Admired ...

Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 páginas
...give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barreu strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He...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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Sacred poetry: consisting of selections from the works of the most admired ...

Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 páginas
...press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a harren strand, A petty fortress, and a duhious 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...
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Plutarch's Lives: Tr. from the Original Greek; with Notes ..., Volumen2

Plutarch - 1834 - 496 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! Jolinsops. PTRRHUS. as he was beginning to recover from the blow. Zopyrus had drawn his Illyrian...
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Readings in Biography: A Selection of the Lives of Eminent Men of All Nations

William Cooke Taylor - 1834 - 626 páginas
...to the Epirote monarch. ; His fall was destin'd to a foreign land, A petty conflict, and a woman's hand. He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! HANNIBAL. BORN BC 241 — DIED BC 155. THE Phoenicians were the first who cultivated navigation...
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