 | 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 - 436 páginas
...miferies in diftant lands ; Condemn'da needy fupplicant to wait, While ladies interpofe, and flaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs... | |
 | 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
...mifcries in dtftant lands ; Condemn'da needy fupplicant to wait, While ladies interpofe, and flaves debate, But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs... | |
 | Plutarch - 1808 - 342 páginas
...his miferies in diftant lands. Condemn'da needy fuppliant to wait, While ladies interpofc, and flaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs... | |
 | Percival Stockdale - 1809 - 500 páginas
...Condemned a needy mpplicant to wait ; 'While ladies int«rp/>se, and slaves debate. But did not chanct, at length, her error mend ; Did no subverted empire...hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a foreign strand; A petty -fortress, and a dubious hand ; . He left the name at which the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...: The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands, Condemn'da their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen. Indignant spurns the cottage from the green BO subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival nwnnrchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 páginas
...Did no subverted empire mark His end ? Did1 rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile million; press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a cl'ibkras hand ; He left the name, at- which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 páginas
...The vanquish 'd hero leaves his broken bands. And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'^ a needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose,...and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her errour mead J Did no subverted empire mark bis end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile... | |
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Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day! The vanquished hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemned a needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend?... 
