 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...and snow ; He, who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Tho' far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 20. — Leonidas, and Washington, Whose every battle-field is holy ground, Which... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...and snow ; He, who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Tho' far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 20. — Leonidas, and Washington, Whose every battle-field is holy ground, Which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...Iwiow. Though high abort the sun of glory glow, And far btxtatJi the earth and ocean spread, Roxiul olish 'd world, A wandering hell in the eternal space...curse which is upon my soul, The thought which li wi ted. 1 XLVL Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1848 - 848 pages
...down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the eanh and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Who may they be 1 But late you said No steps these desert regions tread ? " — XVIII. " So said I... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 408 pages
...crowned head — But soft! Look, underneath yon jutting crag Are hunters and a slaughter'd stag. 1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." ChiUt Harold, Canto ill.] Who may they be ? But late you said No steps these desert regions tread?"... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - Antislavery movements - 1849 - 424 pages
...country might resort to them when danger should recur. For himself he knew well, none knew better, that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to their summits led." The federal authority had so long been factiously opposed, that the popular respect... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - Antislavery movements - 1849 - 414 pages
...those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Rmmd him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to their summits led." The federal authority had so long been factiously opposed, that the popular respect... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1849 - 934 pages
...— "He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapped in clouds and snow ; Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head" — or, you may try one of them with a touch of the thunder-bass; " Red baille stamps his foot, and... | |
 | John Ross Browne - Constitutional conventions - 1850 - 538 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow j He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun...his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to these summits led." It is true, sir, that the great Government of the United States, of which we claim... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 528 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow $ He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun...his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to these summits led.'* It is true, sir, that the great Government of the United States, of which we claim... | |
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He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean... 
