 | Early English newspapers - 1748 - 684 pages
...capitulate, and one refign j —Hit fall was dcftin'd to a barren ftrand, 119 A petty tortrcis, and a iutictu hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. m jfftcr picturing a vlrtaout and worthy r:'j aget bt gut on that, — But fen- there are whom... | |
 | Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the...grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All J times their fcenes of pompous woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoflility,... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, Xo point a moral, or adorn a tale. All ' times their...woes afford, From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. » Ver. 168—117. In gay hoftility, and barb'rous pride, With half mankind embattled at his fide,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...fatal wound? O*r hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the...point a moral, or adorn a tale. All ' times their feenes of pompous woes afferdj From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftility, and barb'rous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...fatal Wound? Or hoftile Millions prefs him to the Ground? His Fall was deftin'd to a barren Strand, A petty Fortrefs, and a dubious Hand ; He left the...grew pale, To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale. All (I) Times their Scenes of pompous Woes afford, From Per/ia's Tyrant, to Bavaria's Lord. In gay Hoftility,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...fatal Wound? Or hoftile Millions prefs him to the Ground? His Fall was deftin'd to a barren Strand, f A petty Fortrefs, and a dubious Hand ; He left the...grew pale, To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale. All (I) Times their Scenes of pompous Woes afford, From Perfia's Tyrant, to Bjvaiia's Lord. In gay Hoftility,... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Copenhagen (Denmark) - 1775 - 436 pages
...the four concluding lines ? They defcribe his death. V " His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand* *' A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; " He left the...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. 
