| Plutarch - 1822 - 504 oldal
...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 the confusion... | |
| 1822 - 520 oldal
...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." No. II. HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN CAROLINE. IN presenting to the public a memoir of the late Queen,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 oldal
...— 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 - 496 oldal
...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 - 248 oldal
...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 - 816 oldal
...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... | |
| 1824 - 246 oldal
...Colonel 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... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 oldal
...knife 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... | |
| Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - 1824 - 370 oldal
...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 - 246 oldal
...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... | |
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