 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 destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 99by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Percival Stockdale - 1809 - 500 pages
...slaves debate. But did not chanet, 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 Uijstined to a foreign strand; A petty -fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name at which the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did BO subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival nwnnrchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was deslin'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
...waits on the deaths of sovereigns. Dr. Johnson justly says of Charles XII. " Hii fall was destined 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." The palaces in Sweden,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 668 pages
...did not Chance at length her erreur moid ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarcbs give the fatal wound > Or hostile millions press him...to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious band ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. 12 All times... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...Did no subverted empire mark His end ? Did1 rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile million; 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.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 648 pages
...end ? Did rival monarch s give the fatal wound ? Or hostile гптИюпя press him to the gronnel ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious band ; He left the name, at which the world grew pete, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. '- All timestheirscenesof... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...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...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. All times their scenes of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarch* give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him...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. All times their scenes of... | |
 | Plutarch - 1811 - 352 pages
...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 dest'm'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left the name, at which the world... | |
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