 | James Hannay - 1854 - 296 pages
...give the fatal wound, Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a narrow strand, A petty fortress and a dubious hand. He left...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Among Juvenal's more humorous efforts is the fifth, in which he inveighs amusingly enough against... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 pages
...hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate....barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; 220 ! He left the name at which the world grew pale, ' y To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 696 pages
...warrior's pride " is strikingly exemplified in the fate of " Swedish Charles :" " His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious...which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." The " protracted woes " of " protracted life," are pathetically enumerated, and the dark catalogue... | |
 | Ann Messenger - 1986 - 208 pages
...hero leaves his broken bands, And shews his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate....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... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 pages
...response, a series of questions that show how we cherish our myths. Surely he could not die ignobly: But did not Chance at length her Error mend? Did no...Wound? Or hostile Millions press him to the Ground? (115-18) No. He died in obscurity, at an insignificant battle, and perhaps by his own soldiers' hands.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 pages
...Hero leaves his broken Bands, And shews his Miseries in distant Lands; Condemn 'da needy Supplicant to wait, While Ladies interpose, and Slaves debate....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... | |
 | William Kupersmith - 2007 - 280 pages
...Hero leaves his broken Bands, And shews his Miseries in distant Lands; Condemn'da needy Supplicant to wait, While Ladies interpose, and Slaves debate....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... | |
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Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend... 
