| Decorative arts - 1827 - 472 pages
...sunbeam. Frederickshall possesses no other attraction than tii.it which is derived from him, " Who left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." Although contrary to the usual practice, yet I found little difficulty in prevailing on the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him...to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren straud, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point... | |
| Plutarch - Greece - 1823 - 448 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchy give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left the name at which the world... | |
| Hans Christoph Ernst Freiherr von Gagern - Europe - 1823 - 248 pages
...n>ab,r, »omit bie engltf^J minified elle Settling juerfl feinen £ob anzeigte: • He leaves that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. • , Slllein tie Gegebenheiten waren fo »erroídPelt, unb wieber fo abgeändert , baß tiid)t... | |
| English literature - 1823 - 816 pages
...career of a man, of whom, more than any other who had ever lived, it might be said, " He left that name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale :" and, with the conclusions now drawn from the history of this extraordinary man, as well as... | |
| Susan Linn De Witt - 1823 - 496 pages
...of the life of Joseph's once proud and formidable brother, suggested much reflection. " Who left a name at which the world grew pale. To point a' moral, or adorn a tale." At Bordentown our travellers entered another steam-boat, and proceeded down the river Delaware,... | |
| Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1823 - 328 pages
...Charles of Sweden — His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and an " humble" hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a mortal and adorn a TALE. ... | |
| Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no suhverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a harren stand, A petty fortress, and a duhious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale,... | |
| Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - Genealogy - 1824 - 370 pages
...reflect in solitude on his own treachery, and on the " mutability of all human affairs ;" " Leaving a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." When Buonaparte first arrived in Italy, he entertained most imperfect notions, with regard j... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...out of his side, struggled with death for a quarter of an hour, breathed out his spirit, " And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Felton, the assassin of the duke, was a lieutenant of infantry, who had served under his Grace... | |
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