 | 1826 - 738 sivua
...sons, of no more value than are now the bulletins of the phantasmagoria Chieftain, who " — left that name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Yours, &c. HAMS HIJORNOR. Mr. URBAN, Leicester, Feb. II. I AM sorry I cannot coincide with your... | |
 | 1826 - 488 sivua
...Johnson, — " His lull was destined to a villain's hand, " Upon a savage and a barren strand, " Leaving the name, at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, and adorn a tale." •Amongst the turrets of Alexandria, seen at a distance in our engraving, the most... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1830 - 696 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1827 - 548 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1829 - 642 sivua
...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... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 sivua
...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. To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Extract from Mr. ELLIOTT'S Address before the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina.... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 586 sivua
...mentioned : — " His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and n dubious hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." By whom the fatal blow was given was not perceived ; though the hand by which Cleon fell was known by... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 584 sivua
...mentioned : — " His 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." By it'fwm the fatal blow was given was not perceived ; though the hand by which Cleon fell was known by... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 sivua
...certainly 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... | |
 | Donald A. Low - 1974 - 474 sivua
...conservative in its moral and religious outlook. Burns, like 'Swedish Charles' in that poem, had . . . left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. It was impossible for Scott to overlook the grim lesson which, he felt, was to be learned from... | |
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His 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. 
