 On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain...  Works - Стр. 156авторы: Samuel Johnson - 1809Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 738
...decay. On what foundations stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; wford is a large partaker.' The Built atom Traquair....every swain, I'll tell how Peggy grieves me ; Thou Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain. No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Страниц: 490
...below. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; 1 Menial lord — the lord of the menials, the steward of the household. O'er love, o'er fear, extends... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1845 - Страниц: 872
...— " On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labors tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconqnered lord of pleasure and of pain;... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1845 - Страниц: 852
...— " On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labors tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain;... | |
 | Book - 1847 - Страниц: 206
...WISHES. ON what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright...rushes to the field. Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign : Peace courts his hand and spreads her charms in... | |
 | Ann Messenger - 1986 - Страниц: 208
...extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific scepters yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their pow'r combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - Страниц: 260
...Foundation stands the Warrior's Pride?" (VHW 191). Charles' personality is the key to his entire career: A Frame of Adamant, a Soul of Fire, No Dangers fright...Domain, Unconquer'd Lord of Pleasure and of Pain; [ VHW 193-96] The above quatrain skillfully interweaves the image of the "Lord" with his "Domain."... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1915 - Страниц: 326
...Concerning him, the poet's hyperbole about King Charles of Sweden might have been used with aptness : "A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labors tire." His career was one of incessant toil and struggle, and service mainly for others. He... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - Страниц: 412
...353. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire. No dangers fright him and no labours tire . . . 'Think nothing gained,' he cries, 'till naught remains, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 2004 - Страниц: 440
...lines as nervous and energetic as are to be found in any part of our author. A frame of adamant, a foul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...Fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd Lord of Pleaiure and of Pain. And afterwards of his unexpected death. Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound... | |
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