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" I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,... "
The North American Review - Page 465
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A classical and historical tour through France [&c.].

1826 - 464 pages
...the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator Jie -; He leans upon his hand ; — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away :...
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " I see before me the gladiator lie j He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout, which...
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Sketches of the History of Literature: From the Earliest Period to the ...

Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 pages
...thousand gladiators engaged in mortal fight for the amusement and gratification of a depraved populace : I see before me the gladiator lie; He leans upon his...brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low; And through his side, the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash,...
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A tour through part of France, Switzerland, and Italy, Volume 2

1827 - 436 pages
...or, in the words of Byron, which form the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand ; — his manly brow Consent* to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes...
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The North American Review, Volume 27

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 pages
...that it is not so like the Latin as the Italian is. In addition to the mixture of aboriginal Dacie and Latin, the Slavonian conquerors of a later period...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thuneer-shower ; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout,...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Including the Suppressed Poems. Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...hi« droop d head sinke gradually low — And through hi* side the last drops, ebbing slow From lite red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now i ТЫ: arena swims around him— lie is gone, i let near. H the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch...
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Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland ...

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1829 - 532 pages
...readers. Let any one peruse it, and then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " I see before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout, which...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 10

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...side, Save where opening to the beam of even A dale sloped gradual to the valley wide. Bealtie. ~— - His manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low. Byron. Childe Harold. GR2ECIA, Мл&хл, in ancient geography, part of the outermost coast of Italy,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 1

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. Ooldmith. I see before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Coastals to death, but conquers agony. Lord Byron's ChMe HarM. AGON, among the ancients, implied any...
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Protestant vigils; or, Evening records of a journey in Italy, in ... 1826 ...

Harriet Morton (author of Protestant vigils.) - 1829 - 626 pages
...relative to these victories, in his touching description of the dying Gladiator in the Coliseum, — " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Cousents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side...
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