 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 destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale,...  The Christian Teacher - Page 1591835Full view - About this book
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...supplicant to wait ; While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival...hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did...hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 420 pages
...uncertainty which so often waits on the deaths of sovereigns. Dr. Johnson justly says of Charles XII. " Hii fall was destined to a barren strand, " A petty fortress,...He left the name at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, or adorn a tale." The palaces in Sweden, though numerous enough, are less splendid or... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did BO subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival nwnnrchs nd shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, ev'n bevond the mUer's wish deslin'd to a barren strand,. A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her errour mead J Did no subverted empire mark bis end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or...hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall wasde*tin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1810 - 746 pages
...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her eiror mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? He then paid... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a cl'ibkras hand ; He left the name, at- which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. '-' All timestheirscenesof pompous woesaffbrd, From Persia's tyrant... | |
 | Plutarch - 1811 - 352 pages
...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend: Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival...hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was dest'm'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left the name, at which the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...supplicant to wait ; While Jadies interpose, and slaves debate. \ But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did...hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He l«ft the name, at which the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend • Did no subverted empire mark bis end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His rail was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which... | |
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