 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1775 - 436 Seiten
...fell from the pen of genius. Do you remember the four concluding lines ? They defcribe his death. V " His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand* *' A petty...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... | |
 | 1782 - 500 Seiten
...fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren flrand, 5 A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand; He left the...grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All h times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hofliliry,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 410 Seiten
...His fall was deftin'd to a barren flrand, s A petty fortrel's, and a dubious hand ; He left the nanK, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All h times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoflility,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1784 - 446 Seiten
...hoftile miUions prefs him to the ground? His fall was duiin'd to a bnrren ftrand, •f- A petty fortrcis, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the...All times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Periia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoitility, and barb'rous pride, With half mankind embattled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 222 Seiten
...mailc his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prcfs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty...and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the woild grew pale ; To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All I times their fcenes of pompous woes afford,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 Seiten
...mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prels him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty...* times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Pcrfia's tyrant, to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftility, and barb'rous pride, With half mankind embattled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 Seiten
...fatal wound ? Or 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...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... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 428 Seiten
...hostile millions press him to the ground 1 His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name at which the...moral, or adorn a tale. . — *-'** All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, Prom Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hostility, and barb'rous... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1790 - 500 Seiten
...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... | |
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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. 
