 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1824 - 552 pages
...square." . !/. de Launay — Louis XIV. Great kings and conquering nations have been the subject of these ancient histories, which have been preserved, and yet remain among us, and withall of so many tragical poets, as, in the persons of powerful princes and other mighty men, have... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...— Tillotson. THE DESIRE OF FAME. Great kings and conquering nations have been the subject of these ancient histories, which have been preserved, and yet remain among us, and withall of so many tragical poets, as, in the persons of powerful princes and other mighty men, have... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...— Tillotson. THE DESIRE OF FAME. Great kings and conquering nations have been the subject of these ancient histories, which have been preserved, and yet remain among us, and withall of so many tragical poets, as, ill the persons of powerful princes and other mighty men, have... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...continuance it shall begin to lose the beauty it had ; the storms of ambition shall beat her great boughs and branches one against another, her leaves shall...complained against infidelity, time, destiny, and must of all against the variable success of worldly things, and instability of fortune. To these undertakings... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...continuance it shall begin to lose the beauty it had; the storms of ambition shall beat her great boughs and branches one against another, her leaves shall...persons of powerful princes and other mighty men, havo complained against infidelity, time, destiny, and most of all against the variable success of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...begin to lose the beauty it had : the storms of ambition shall beat her great boughs and branches cne against another, her leaves shall fall off", her limbs...conquering nations have been the subject of those ancieni histories which have been preserved, and yet remain among us ; and withal of so many tragical... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...continuance it shall begin to los»1 the beauty it had : the storms of ambition shall beat her great boughs and branches one against another, her leaves shall...infidelity, time, destiny, and most of all against Ле variable success of wotldly things, and instability of fortune. To these undertakings the greatest... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 468 pages
...branches one against another ; her leaves shall fall off, her limbs wither ; and a rabble of barbarian nations enter the field, and cut her down. Now these...kings and conquering nations have been the subject of these ancient histories which have been preserved and yet remain among us ; and with them of so many... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 466 pages
...branches one against another ; her leaves shall fall off, her limbs wither ; and a rabble of barbarian nations enter the field, and cut her down. Now these...kings and conquering nations have been the subject of these ancient histories which have been preserved and yet remain among us ; and with them of so many... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - 1904 - 224 pages
...branches one against another ; her leaves shall fall off, her limbs wither ; and a rabble of barbarian nations enter the field, and cut her down. Now these...have been preserved and yet remain among us ; and with them of so many tragical poets as in the persons of powerful princes and other mighty men have... | |
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We have left it flourishing in the middle of thu field, having rooted up or cut down all that kept it from the eyes and admiration of the world ; but after some continuance it shall begin to lose the beauty it had ; the storms of ambition shall beat her... 