 | 1748 - 684 oldal
...capitulate, and one refign j —Hit fall was dcftin'd to a barren ftrand, 119 A petty tortrcis, and a iutictu hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. m jfftcr picturing a vlrtaout and worthy r:'j aget bt gut on that, — But fen- there are whom... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 oldal
...hoflile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pafe, ' To point a moral, or adorn a talc. All All k times their fcenes of pompous woes afford* From... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 oldal
...hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, Xo point a moral, or adorn a tale. All ' times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1775 - 436 oldal
...lines ? They defcribe his death. V " His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand* *' A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; " He left the name at which the world grew pale, *' To point a moral, or adorn a tale." 1 • • I mall not take up your time by a defeription of palaces, which are ever a repetition... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 oldal
...ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs and a dubious hand ; He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale *. 51. Self-love but ferves the virtuous mind to wake, As the fmall pebble ftirs the peaceful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 oldal
...hoilile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was dettin'd to a barren (trand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a talc. All * times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perlia's tyrant, to Bavaria's lord. In... | |
 | 1789 - 228 oldal
...absence, possessed themselves of so much of his kingdom as they had any pretensions to claim." 30. His fall was destin'd to a, barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand;] He was shot at the siege of Frederickshall, Dec. ist, 1718. 30. All times their scenes of pompous woes... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1790 - 500 oldal
...Johnfon, in thofe energetic lines, which thus conclude the character of the Swedijh Charles ; *' Who left the name, at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, or adorn a tale." De Foe was fo little difturbed by the appearance of The Moon Calf, or accurate reflections on... | |
 | John Adams - 1792 - 382 oldal
...concluding Hnes defcribes his death. « His faJl was difliu'd to a barren (Irani), • ff A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; " He left the name at which the world grew pale, « To point a moral, or adorn a Ule." WRAXHAL. SECT. XXVII. t .OF PETERSBURG. AD 1774THIS great capital, though only a creation of... | |
 | William Belsham - 1793 - 396 oldal
...ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand : He left that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. JOHNSON'S Im. of Juv. Sat. id. fhe really derived from the pofleffion of thefe detached and remote... | |
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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. 
