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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 25
by English poets - 1790
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The Works of the Late Miss Catherine Talbot: First Published by the Late Mrs ...

Catherine Talbot - English literature - 1819 - 414 pages
...Johnson in his application of the Satirist's character of Hannibal, to that of Charles xn. of Sweden. " He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Essay xir. 147 to stand on those gems, in the midst of the earth, the sun and moon, seem to...
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Seren Gomer : neu, Gyfrwng gwybodaeth cyffredinol i'r Cymry, Volumes 36-37

Wales - 1853 - 1162 pages
...linellau ar farwelaeth SinrU XII., nid oe« ond ilirii yn unig yn ymgedi i fawrhydi barddae, 41 He k ft a name at which the world grew pale. To point a moral or adorn a tale." V и у rhai hyn, cawn elfenati nchaf barddon«eth ; ond y maent yn scfyll ar eu penau ea hiinain,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...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...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...hostile millions press him to the ground 2 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. Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays ; Hides...
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Ivanhoe;: A Romance, Volume 3

Sir Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 384 pages
...for Charles of Sweden— His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and a " humble" hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a TALE. THE END. EDINBURGH : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. ...
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Appendix

Thomas Pruen - Creeds - 1820 - 348 pages
...? —" He goes, inglorious, to a distant soil," A petty fortress " in a narrow Isle;" " And leaves" the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! ASSUMPTION of the Virgin Mary. A festival in the Greek and Romish Churches, to celebrate the...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...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...To 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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...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...To 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...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3

Plutarch - Greece - 1821 - 378 pages
...him to the ground F His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious band. He left the name at which the world grew pale, • • • To point a moral, or adorn a tale1 JOHNSONV ' * Antigonus the First was killed at the battle of I ps us, and" Demetrius the First...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...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...To 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 barbarous...
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