 Beneath these battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions ; in proud state Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date.  Belgium and the Rhine - Page 247by David Bogue - 1852 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oxford univ, local exams - 1885 - 358 pages
...following:— (i) 'Even as a broken mirror, which the glass In every fragment multiplies :—' (3) ' What want these outlaws conquerors should have, But history's purchased page to make them great.' (3) ' Those oracles that set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 904 pages
...doctrines, and buried in anxious thoughts about his child's fate and his own. CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHTH. What want these outlaws conquerors should have, • But History's purchased page to call them great, And wider space, an ornamented grave ? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1887 - 764 pages
...'science of sciences. — Buckle. History casts its shadow far into the land of song — Longfellow. What want these outlaws conquerors should have But History's purchased page to call them great ? — Byron. The list of definitions and opinions might be multiplied ad infinitum. Is it possible,... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1888 - 760 pages
...science of sciences. — Buckle. History casts its shadow far into the land of song. — Longfellow. What want these outlaws conquerors should have But History's purchased page to call them great ? — Byron. The list of definitions and opinions might be multiplied ad infinitum. Is it possible,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1891 - 752 pages
...battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions ; in proud state Each robber chief o."9 Byr (0 * [great ? But History's purchased page to call them A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - Presidents - 1885 - 792 pages
...those battlements, within these walk Power dwelt amidst her passions; in proud state Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a later date.'" At Mayence, Grant left the river and wrnt over to Wiesbaden, once the Saratoga of Germany,... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...history with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page. r. BYRON — C'hilde Harold. Cnnto IV. St. 108. un afoot Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps. q. Richard II. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 60. In cases s. BYRON— Childe Harold. Canto III. St. 48. Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 224 pages
...battlements, within those walls, » Power dwelt amidst her passions ; in proud state Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less...have But history's purchased page to call them great ? TQwldjsrjipace^an ornamented grave t Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 592 pages
..."battalions," compare Macbeth, act v. sc. 4, line 4 ; and Scott's Lord of the hies, vi. 10 — XLVII. Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have'• 0-"• But History's purchased page to call them great ? A wider space — an ornamented grave ? Their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1900 - 304 pages
...battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions ; in proud state Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less...mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaw conquerors should have* But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented... | |
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