 | Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark her end? Did rival monarchs 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... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark her end? Did rival monarchs 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... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1848 - 948 pages
...slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend T Did no subverted empire mark his end 7 Did rival monarchs 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... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1848 - 370 pages
...Johnson's stanza, describing the close of that ambitious monarch's life : — " His death was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress and a dubious hand ; He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." Christiana was for some time... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...Why does he complain of nations being "slowly" wise, and "meanly" just? 36. " His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress and a dubious hand; He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." To whom does Johnson apply... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 428 pages
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 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 pages
...toil nor want his course delay ; Hide blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day. ***** His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left a name at which the world grew pale, To paint a moral and adorn a tale. — JOHNSON. 6. The same as... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 pages
...toil nor want his course delay ; Hide blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day. ***** His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left a name at which the world grew pale, To paint a moral and adorn a tale. — JOHNSON. The same as the... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end?...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... | |
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But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs 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... 
