| Plutarch - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Orhoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall wasdeftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious...the world grew pale, . To point a moral, or adorn a tale 1 Jnhnfap. Antigonus,* and that of his father Demetrius, two inftances in his own houfe of the... | |
| Joseph Sansom - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...an open Press for the amusement of idle Curiosity, leaving, as Pope said of the ferocious Swede, " a name at "which the World grew pale " To point a moral, or adorn a tale" But we were soon overtaken by our returning Messenger, who brought us word that the Ferry was... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...ladies interpofe, and flaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the...adorn a tale, * All times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftility and barb'rous pride, With half mankind... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the...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 hostility and barb'rous... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...millions press him to the ground ? 4. £ Hi* fall was destin'd to a barren strand, t- 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. *A11 times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...fall was destin'd to a barren strand, •" A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; " He left the aame, at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, or adorn a tale." There is another relic, which was shewn ;me in the arsenal here, where it is kept with almost... | |
| George Beaumont - 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 218
...ladies interpofe, and flaves debate, But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the...moral, or adorn a tale. • , All times their fcenes of pom pous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's Lord. In gay hoftility, and barb'rous pride,... | |
| Plutarch - 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...are victorious than it is to the vanquifhed." Then he paid his refpects to Helenus in a very obliging He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! jobnfoii. * Antigonuv the Firft was killed at the battle of Ipfus, and Demetrius the Firft long... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...Johnson justly says of Charles XII. " Hii 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." The palaces in Sweden, though numerous enough, are less splendid or magnificent than I 'have... | |
| British poets - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...hostile millions press him to the 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. In gay hostility, and barbarous pride, With half mankind embattled at his side, Great Xerxes... | |
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