 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.  The Waverley novels. 25 vols. - 338 ページsir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) 著 - 1862全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 ページ
...press him to the ground 2 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. Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 ページ
...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.... | |
 | Thomas Pruen - 1820 - 348 ページ
...? —" He goes, inglorious, to a distant soil," A petty fortress " in a narrow Isle;" " And leaves" the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! ASSUMPTION of the Virgin Mary. A festival in the Greek and Romish Churches, to celebrate... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 ページ
...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.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 ページ
...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.... | |
 | Plutarch - 1821 - 378 ページ
...him to the ground F His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious band. He left the name at which the world grew pale, • • • To point a moral, or adorn a tale1 JOHNSONV ' * Antigonus the First was killed at the battle of I ps us, and" Demetrius... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 ページ
...may be applied, with a slight alteration, the lines composed by Johnson for Charles of Sweden — His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 320 ページ
...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.... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 504 ページ
...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 ' struck with terror. His hands trembled, and between his desire to give the stroke, and... | |
 | 1822 - 520 ページ
...is somewhat to be commended, much to be admired, more to be condemned, and all to be wondered at. " He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." 220 No. II. HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN CAROLINE. - . IN presenting to the public a memoir... | |
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