 | 1826 - 568 strani
...Frederickshall, a frontier-town of Norway, rendered memorable by the tragical death of Charles XII., who there " left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Mr. Wilson's description of his journey to this celebrated place is animated and picturesque.... | |
 | Oxonian - 1826 - 318 strani
...very cruel consideration. CHAP. VI. ! 5t.'t.. ' ' ST. HELENA. NAPOLEON. A SAVOURY REPAST. He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.—JOHNSON. To the reflection, with which, the preceding chapter ended, the writer replied, It... | |
 | 1826 - 738 strani
...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... | |
 | George R. Carter - 1826 - 212 strani
...It was on Charles that Doctor Johnson wrote the tolluwine celebrated li.e, : " ' ' " ff is fall teas de.stin'd to a barren strand, " A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ." He left a name at which the world grew pale, M Topoint a moral and adorn a tale" O, theirs the spell of love,... | |
 | 1826 - 488 strani
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - 412 strani
...But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. 1 Pultowa A crushing defeat inflicted on Charles XII in 1 709 by the forces of Peter the Great... | |
 | Donald A. Low - 1974 - 474 strani
...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... | |
 | T. S. Eliot - 1997 - 146 strani
...Wishes"): — His fate was destined to a harren strand, A petty fortress, and a duhious hand; He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale, where the effect is due to a contrast of ideas, different in degree hut the same principle, as... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 strani
...But did not Chance at length her Error mend? Did no subverted Empire mark his End? Did rival Monarchs give the fatal Wound? Or hostile Millions press him to the Ground? (115-18) No. He died in obscurity, at an insignificant battle, and perhaps by his own soldiers' hands.... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 strani
...reverses, however, when the titanic Charles XII is reduced to a piece of writing — this piece of writing: "He left the Name, at which the World grew pale,/ To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale" (221-222). The career of the hero shrivels into motifs of print — just like the career of an... | |
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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. 
