It is a vain attempt To bind th* ambitious and unjust by treaties ; These they elude a thousand specious ways ; Or, if they cannot find a fair pretext, They blush not in the face of heaven to break them. Ella; Or, The Emperor's Son - الصفحة 10بواسطة Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...vengeful sword, must drain away This boiling blood, that thus disturbs the nations ! Talk not of terms. It is a vain attempt To bind th' ambitious and unjust...They blush not in the face of Heaven to break them. GALESUS. Why then affronted Heaven will combat for us. . ( Set justice on our side, and then my voice... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...vengeful sword, must drain away This boiling blood, that thus disturbs the nations ! Talk not of terms. It is a vain attempt To bind th' ambitious and unjust...They blush not in the face of Heaven to break them. GALESUS. Shall be as loud for war as thine ; my sword Shall strike as deep, at least my blood shall... | |
| 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 770
...vengeful sword, must drain away This boiling blood, that thus disturbs the nations ! Talk not of terms. It is a vain attempt To bind th' ambitious and unjust...treaties : These they elude a thousand specious ways j pr, if they cannot rind a Fair pretext, They blush riot in the face of HEAVEN to break them, . •... | |
| British poets - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 676
...and as it were to thrust Plebeians from the native rights of man. Thomson's Coriolanus, a. 3, s. 3. It is a vain attempt To bind th' ambitious and unjust...They blush not in the face of Heaven to break them. Ibid. a. 4, s. 2. Oh ! is there not A time, a righteous time, reserv'd in fate, When these oppressors... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...order ? 31. Did Sylla comply with their request? 32. What was the issue of the contest ? SECTION II. It is a vain attempt To bind th* ambitious and unjust...not in the face of heaven to break them. THOMSON. 2 Quag'mire, *. a bog, a deep miry place. 4. Cim'brian, s. a native of Cim'bria, now Denmark. Presump'tion,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 598
...consequence of this order ? 31. Did Sylla comply with their request? 32. What was the issue of the contest? It is a vain attempt To bind th" ambitious and unjust...not in the face of heaven to break them. THOMSON. 2. Quag'mire, s. a bog, a deep miry place. 4. Cim'brian, *. a native of Cimbria, now Denmark. Presump'tion,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...Sylla comply with their request? 32. What was the issue of the contest ? HISTORY OF ROME. SECTION II. It is a vain attempt To bind th' ambitious and unjust...not in the face of heaven to break them. THOMSON. 2. Quag'mire, *. a bog, a deep miry place. 4. Cim'brian, *. a native of Cimbria, now Denmark. Presump'tion,... | |
| H. M. Melford - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...one, once his own, should ever elude his grasp. (Bulwer's Pompeii.) It is a vain attempt To bind the ambitious and unjust by treaties ; These they elude a thousand specious ways. (Thomson.) The Earl Rivers had frequently inquired for his son and had always been amused with evasive... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...mistake: you took me for a thief; and /took you, for a gentleman." It is a vain attempt To bind the ambitious and unjust, by treaties ; These — they elude — a thousand specious ways. Proverbs. 1. Religion says — love n'! : and hate untie. 2. Observe all those rules of politeness... | |
| C. Gough - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...towards Eternity; the other, agitated, petty, vehement, and confused — looking towards Time. TREATIES. It is a vain attempt To bind th' ambitious and unjust...They blush not in the face of Heaven to break them. FACTION. Seldom is faction's ire in haughty minds Extinguish'd but by death; it oft, like flame Suppress'd,... | |
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