| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...hero leaves his broken bands, And fhews his miferies in diftant lands ; Condemn'da needy fupplicant to wait, While ladies interpofe, and flaves debate....end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoflile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs,... | |
| English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...hero leaves his broken bands, And fhews his miferies in diftant lands ; Condemn'da needy fupplicant to wait, "While ladies interpofe, and flaves debate....wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name,... | |
| Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...hero leaves his broken bands, And fhews his miferies in diftant lands ; Condemn'da needy fupplicant to wait, While ladies interpofe, and flaves debate....wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name,... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...miferies in diftant lands ; Condfimn'da needy fupplicant to wait, While ladies interpofe, and Haves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend?...wound? O*r hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the name,... | |
| Several Hands - 1771 - 614 pages
...lefs nature. One cannot but remember, too, thofc fine verfes on Charles the Twelfth : But did not Fate at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end i Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground? . His fall... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...Miferies in diftant Lands ; Condemn'da needy Supplicant to wait, While Ladies interpofe, and Slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her Error mend?...Wound? Or hoftile Millions prefs him to the Ground? His Fall was deftin'd to a barren Strand, A petty Fortrefs, and a dubious Hand ; He left the Name,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Miferies in diflant Lands ; Condemn'da needy Supplicant to wait, , While Ladies interpofe, and Slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her Error mend?...Wound? Or hoftile Millions prefs him to the Ground? His Fall was deftin'd to a barren Strand, f A petty Fortrefs, and a dubious Hand ; He left the Name,... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...hero leaves his broken bands. And fliews his miferies in diltant lands; Condemn'da needy fupplicant to wait, While ladies interpofe, and flaves debate....wound, Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? Mis His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs, and a dubious hand ; He left the... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...as they had any pretcnfions to claim. But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubvertcd empire mark his end ? Did rival "monarchs give the...wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground i His fall was deftin'd to a barren flrand, s A petty fortrel's, and a dubious hand ; He left the nanK,... | |
| 1782 - 500 pages
...abfencei poflefled themfelves of fuch part of his kmgdom as they had any pretenfions to claim. But But did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no fubverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarch* give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd... | |
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