 While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But 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 destined to a barren strand,...  Selections from the Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 17by Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Adams - 1792 - 382 pages
...death. « His faJl was difliu'd to a barren (Irani), • ff A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; " He left the name at which the world grew pale, « To point a moral, or adorn a Ule." WRAXHAL. SECT. XXVII. t .OF PETERSBURG. AD 1774THIS great capital, though only a creation of... | |
 | William Belsham - 1793 - 396 pages
...ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand : He left that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. JOHNSON'S Im. of Juv. Sat. id. fhe really derived from the pofleffion of thefe detached and remote... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. * All times their fcenes of pompous woes affordj From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftility and barb'rous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...the ground ? His fall was.deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He k ft the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. * All times their fcenes of pompous woes afford* From Perfia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay hoftilhy and barb'rous... | |
 | Plutarch - 1801 - 528 pages
...him to the ground : His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand. He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! JOHNSON. chin, chin, fo that it was a long time before he could fepasrate the head from the... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 514 pages
...Alpes, Ut pueris placeas, et declamat'to fias ! "Which is thus tranflated by Dr. Johnfon, And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! 10. Mceror. Grief. A perpetual voluntary contemplation of all the circumftances of fome great... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 506 pages
...per Alp^, Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias ! Which is thus tranflated by Dr. Johnfon, And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! 10. Moeror. Grief. A perpetual voluntary contemplation of all the circumftances of fome great... | |
 | William Belsham - 1802 - 526 pages
...ground ? His fall was deftinid to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand . He left that name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a -tale. JOHNSONiS Im. of Juv. Sat. loj monarchy of Spain the kingdoms and province* of which (he had... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1803 - 548 pages
...Alpes, lit pucris placeas, ct declamatio has ! Which is thus tranflated by Dr. Johnfon, And left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale ! 10. Maeror. Grief. A perpetual voluntary contemplation of all the circumflances of fome great... | |
 | CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B - 1804 - 586 pages
...elevated stations, in his beautiful imitation of Juvenal's tenth satire: • See 1777, VOL. IV. S 0 Ml All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, from Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. He was raised to the imperial throne in 1742, and died of grief in 1745. Charles Maximilian, his son... | |
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