 | Civil service - 1871 - 264 páginas
...which they were acquired. 10. Explain the meaning of the allusions in these passages : — (a) " He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe did try, And bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." (6) " And on the neck of Fortune proud... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 470 páginas
...opinions,— " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Xor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...borne The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene,...axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed hio comely head Down, as upon a bed. And he who wrote... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 páginas
...and beheaded at Whitehall, 1649. His constancy and Christian conduct at the last were remarkable. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene,...axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. On his death... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1872 - 562 páginas
...The tragic scaffold might adorne ; While round the armfed bands • 55 Did clap their bludy hands. He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did trye ; 60 Nor called the gods, with vulgar spight, To vindicate his helplesse right ; But bowed his... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1873 - 486 páginas
...envied it at the close of his usurpation. Marvell, a lover of liberty, has done it justice: — " He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene,...axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." When will a court-poet... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 páginas
...borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene,...axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. M u:vi.[.t..... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1874 - 496 páginas
...envied it at the close of his usurpation. Marvell, a lover of liberty, has done it justice : — " He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene,...axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. " When will a... | |
 | Bertha Meriton Gardiner - 1874 - 404 páginas
...gentlemen who touched its edge while he was speaking ; " that may hurt me." In the words of Marvell : " He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The ftxe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 páginas
...memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. MARVELL. THE VISION. As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, Where... | |
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Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene: But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head, Down as upon a bed. 
