| British poets - 1822 - Страниц: 320
...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... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - Страниц: 552
...— His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and an " humble" hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn :i TALE. THE MONASTERY; A ROMANCE. INTKODUCTORY EPISTLE FROM CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK, OF HIS MAJESTY'S... | |
| Susan Linn De Witt - 1823 - Страниц: 496
...conclusion of the life of Joseph's once proud and formidable brother, suggested much reflection. " Who left a name at which the world grew pale. To point a' moral, or adorn a tale." At Bordentown our travellers entered another steam-boat, and proceeded down the river Delaware,... | |
| Hans Christoph Ernst Freiherr von Gagern - 1823 - Страниц: 248
...n>ab,r, »omit bie engltf^J minified elle Settling juerfl feinen £ob anzeigte: • He leaves that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. • , Slllein tie Gegebenheiten waren fo »erroídPelt, unb wieber fo abgeändert , baß tiid)t... | |
| 1823 - Страниц: 816
...career of a man, of whom, more than any other who had ever lived, it might be said, " He left that name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale :" and, with the conclusions now drawn from the history of this extraordinary man, as well as... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - Страниц: 434
...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... | |
| 1824 - Страниц: 246
...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 - 1824 - Страниц: 370
...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... | |
| Minstrel - 1824 - Страниц: 246
...ground ? His fall was destin'd to a harren stand, A petty fortress, and a duhious 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 - Страниц: 750
...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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