 | Plutarch - 1823 - Počet stránok 448
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchy give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions 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... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 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... | |
 | Susan Linn De Witt - 1823 - Počet stránok 496
...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 - Počet stránok 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - Počet stránok 328
...Charles of Sweden — 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 mortal and adorn a TALE. ... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - Počet stránok 246
...ladies interpose, and slaves dehate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no suhverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal...press him to the 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,... | |
 | 1824 - Počet stránok 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - Počet stránok 412
...to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. 1 Pultowa A crushing defeat inflicted on Charles XII in 1 709 by the forces of Peter the Great... | |
 | Donald A. Low - 1974 - Počet stránok 474
...conservative in its moral and religious outlook. Burns, like 'Swedish Charles' in that poem, had . . . left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. It was impossible for Scott to overlook the grim lesson which, he felt, was to be learned from... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - Počet stránok 290
...cherish our myths. Surely he could not die ignobly: But did not Chance at length her Error mend? Did no subverted Empire mark his End? Did rival Monarchs...Wound? Or hostile Millions press him to the Ground? (115-18) No. He died in obscurity, at an insignificant battle, and perhaps by his own soldiers' hands.... | |
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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. 
