...descriptive of the end of a warrior-king of somewhat similar character, — Charles XII. of Sweden. " His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a [dubious] band. He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale."t * See Rees's...

...monarch« give the fatal wound, О hostile millions press him to the ground ! Ни fall was destined . and R. Chambers the name, at which the world grew pale, ' To paint a moral, or adorn a tale.* All times their scenes...

...Charles XII. of Sweden) is altogether lost sight of in the obscurity of history. His fall was destined to a barren strand A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pala To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Of Campbell we are told that...

...monarchs give the fatal wound, < )r hostile millions press him to the ground i HU fall WM 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.* All times their scenes...

...slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mead ? 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...

...foundation of the 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 hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." The " protracted woes "...

...debate. 50 But did not Chance at length her error mend? 215 Did no subverted 51 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; 52 220 He left the name, at which...

...medals, or on stones decay with the conclusion of the story of "Swedish Charles": His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. And these in turn might be compared with the quite different...

...king had said in the letters to which Professor Hatton refers. In particular, the arresting lines, "His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, / A petty fortress, and a dubious hand," carry much more weight than the plain fact of history, that Charles was killed by abullet.oracannonball,...

...ambition. " His death," says Dr. Johnson,, with great force and beauty— " 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,...