 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...out of his side, struggled with death for a quarter of an hour, breathed out his spirit, " And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Felton, the assassin of the duke, was a lieutenant of infantry, who had served under his Grace... | |
 | American fiction - 1824 - 246 pages
...Hopewell, what are the heroes, the conquerors of the earth, compared to him ? What are men, ' Who left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale,' Compared with the great supporter of the liberties of his fellow-men !" " It is scarce safe... | |
 | Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - Genealogy - 1824 - 370 pages
...reflect in solitude on his own treachery, and on the " mutability of all human affairs ;" " Leaving a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." When Buonaparte first arrived in Italy, he entertained most imperfect notions, with regard j... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...press him to the ground '. 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. • yAll times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...press him to the ground ? 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. *A11 times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...press him to the ground ? 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. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant, to Bavaria's lord, In gay... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...press him to the ground '. 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. yAntimes IKeir scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...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 pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Juvenal - 1825 - 234 pages
...? — His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand : He left that Name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. Jam tenet Italiani : tamen ultnl pergere tendit : " Actum," inquit, " nihil est, nist Pceno milite... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and в 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 pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
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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. 
