...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 a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale."» * Vanity of Human Wishes:...

...Did rival monarchy give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and...the world grew pale. To point a moral, or adorn a taie J JOHNSON. * Antigonus the First was killed at the battle of Ipsiis, and Denaetrius the First...

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...of the life of Joseph's once proud and formidable brother, suggested much reflection. " Who left a name at which the world grew pale. To point a' moral, or adorn a tale." At Bordentown our travellers entered another steam-boat, and proceeded down the river Delaware,...

...career of a man, of whom, more than any other who had ever lived, it might be said, " He left that name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale :" and, with the conclusions now drawn from the history of this extraordinary man, as well as...

...Charles of Sweden — His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and an " humble" hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a mortal and adorn a TALE. ...

...press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a harren stand, A petty fortress, and a duhious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale, All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay...

...translation. The Life of Charles XII (1960). 162 Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes: His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand . . . Printed in the United States 1 6674L VS00006B/ 139-1 44 780521 528610 'Chc spectacular career...

...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...

...that once extended over thousands of miles and men now requires the space of a grave. He leaves only "the Name, at which the World grew pale, /To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale" (111-11). The once terrible warrior now is contained in a homily. Johnson's ultimate target and...