 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 272 страници
...awful, that of the martyred patriot; s the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us,... | |
 | 1901 - 686 страници
...in the hour of victory : and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 272 страници
...awful, that of the martyred patriot ; 5 the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us,... | |
 | Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson - 1901 - 266 страници
...the hour of victory ; and if the chariot 5 and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example which are at this hour... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1902 - 388 страници
...awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1903 - 888 страници
...awful, that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and ; The song, celestial Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us,... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 страници
...And at the close, when the great admiral lay dead upon the deck of the " Victory," Southey says : " If the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory." The " Life of... | |
 | Ernest Edwin Speight, Robert Morton Nance - 1906 - 448 страници
...awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us,... | |
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - 1906 - 662 страници
...when all is over, and the captain of Trafalgar lies dead, his passion and pride find utterance : — " If the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory." From Nelson on... | |
 | William James Dawson - 1906 - 416 страници
...hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariots and horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory." Prose like this is worth many reams of Thalabas and Curses of Kehama; and long after the meretricious... | |
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The most triumphant death is that of the martyr; the most awful that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely... 
