 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...monarchs give the fatal wound, Or hostile millions press him to the ground 2 His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Enlarge my life with multitude... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...mark his end ? Did 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 hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...his end ? Bid 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 hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1821 - 378 pages
...his end ? ' . Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press 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... | |
 | 1843 - 684 pages
...mark his end ? Did rival Monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale."» * Vanity of Human Wishes: In Imitation of the Tenth Satyr of Juvenal. The reader will, perhaps,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...mark his end? Did 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 hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1827 - 472 pages
...sunbeam. Frederickshall possesses no other attraction than tii.it which is derived from him, " Who left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." Although contrary to the usual practice, yet I found little difficulty in prevailing on the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, 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 scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Great Britain - 1822 - 520 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1822 - 520 pages
...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... | |
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His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. 
