...frontier-town of Norway, rendered memorable by the tragical death of Charles XII., who there " left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Mr. Wilson's description of his journey to this celebrated place is animated and picturesque....

...frontier-town of Norway, rendered memorable by the tragical death of Charles XII., who there " left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Mr. Wilson's description of his journey to this celebrated place is animated and picturesque....

...house, saw the danger of her son, and threw a tile on the head of Pyrrhus, which ended his life. " He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Johnson. ANECDOTE OF GOVERNOR PENN. IN 1699, Governor Penn, when in Pennsylvania, was informed of some choice...

...find in a compass, so restricted as ours, any other reflection upon this extraordinary man, ' Who loft a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.' Ample documents, besides, are not wanting for those readers, whose curiosity will not be satisfied...

...prematurement. assassine par I'Oligar-'hie Af.-.laiaeet son Bicaire," Teitament de JVttp olton. And left* name, at which the world grew pale* To point a moral or adoi n a'ale Jofimon. NAPOLEON at Si. HELENA, 1829"! 15e not alarmed, gentle reader, with the idea...

...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 grew pale. To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Extract from Mr. ELLIOTT'S Address before the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina....

...light of the sinking sun. Frederickshall possesses only that attraction which is derived from him, Who left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. It is, however, a strange looking little town, in which houses, and rocks, and water, are curiously...

...of the sinking sun. Fredericksball possesses only that attraction which is derived from him, Who led a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. It is, however, a strange looking little town, in which houses, and rocks, and water, are curiously...

...His death was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the iianio, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." From Frederickshall, the King continued his route to Christiana, where he remained some time,...

...rich and merits detailed analysis. The final couplet, for instance, is justly celebrated: "He left the Name, at which the World grew pale. / To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale" (VHW 221-22). This coda contains two seemingly contradictory notions. On the one hand, the story...