 | John Adams - 1792 - 382 страници
...The four concluding Hnes defcribes his death. « His faJl was difliu'd to a barren (Irani), • ff A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; " He left the...the world grew pale, « To point a moral, or adorn a Ule." WRAXHAL. SECT. XXVII. t .OF PETERSBURG. AD 1774THIS great capital, though only a creation of... | |
 | William Belsham - 1793 - 396 страници
...ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand : He left that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. JOHNSON'S Im. of Juv. Sat. id. fhe really derived from the pofleffion of thefe detached and remote... | |
 | Plutarch - 1801 - 528 страници
...blufhing glory, hide Pultowa's day ! The vanquifh'd hero leaves his broken bands, And fhews his mileries in diftant lands. Condemn'da needy fupplicant, to...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! JOHNSON. chin, chin, fo that it was a long time before he could fepasrate the head from the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 страници
...ladies interpofe, and (laves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubvcrted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the...adorn a tale. * All times their fcenes of pompous woes affordj From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftility and barb'rous pride, With half mankind... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 страници
...the ground ? His fall was.deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He k ft the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a...fcenes of pompous woes afford* From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftilhy and barb'rous pride, With half mankind embattled at his fide, Great... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 514 страници
...Alpes, Ut pueris placeas, et declamat'to fias ! "Which is thus tranflated by Dr. Johnfon, And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! 10. Mceror. Grief. A perpetual voluntary contemplation of all the circumftances of fome great... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 506 страници
...per Alp^, Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias ! Which is thus tranflated by Dr. Johnfon, And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! 10. Moeror. Grief. A perpetual voluntary contemplation of all the circumftances of fome great... | |
 | William Belsham - 1802 - 526 страници
...ground ? His fall was deftinid to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand . He left that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a -tale. JOHNSONiS Im. of Juv. Sat. loj monarchy of Spain the kingdoms and province* of which (he had... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1803 - 548 страници
...Alpes, lit pucris placeas, ct declamatio has ! Which is thus tranflated by Dr. Johnfon, And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! 10. Maeror. Grief. A perpetual voluntary contemplation of all the circumflances of fome great... | |
 | Plutarch - 1804 - 408 страници
...rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Orhoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall wasdeftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious...the world grew pale, . To point a moral, or adorn a tale 1 Jnhnfap. Antigonus,* and that of his father Demetrius, two inftances in his own houfe of the... | |
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He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. 
