| 1818 - 638 pages
...Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning rcap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls...— 'tis better written here, Where gorgeous Tyranny had thus amaes'd All treasures, all delights, that eve or ear, Heart, soul could seek, tongue ask —... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls-*Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls. There...past, First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fail*, Wealth, vice, corruption, — barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...Behold the ImperialMount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls. * * CVIII. There is the moral of all hurann tales; »» 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,...but one page, — 'tis better written here, Where georgeous Tyranny had thus umass'd All treasures, all delighls , that eye or ear, Heart, soul could... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...housebreakers. See Sueton. in vit. CJ Caesar, with the commentary of Pitiscus, p. i84. 8tanza CVIII. There is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the...rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory, etc. The author of the Life of Cicero, speaking of the opinion entertained of Britain by that orator... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...Maximus. The very soil is formed «f crumbled brick-work, Nothing has been told, nothing can CVIJI. There is the moral of all human tales; Tis but the...barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, llath but one page, — 'tis better written here, Where gorgeous Tyranny had thus amass'd All treasures,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...satisfy the belief of any but a Roman antiquary.— See — Historical Illustrations, page 206. 52. There is the moral of all human tales; ' Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, Pint Freedom, and then Glory, Se. Stanza cviii. lines 1, 2, and 3. The author of the Life of Cicero,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinding - 1823 - 402 pages
...Imperial Mount! 'tis thus the mighty falls. (il) CVIII. There is the moral of all human tales ; (32) Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom,...History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page, — His better written here, Where gorgeous Tyranny had thus amass'd All treasures, all delights, that... | |
| Matthias Bruen - Europe - 1823 - 298 pages
...Ballantyne and Co. • DESCRIPTIVE AND MORAL; SCENES IN ITALY, SWITZERLAND, AND FRANCE. BY AN AMERICAN. ' There is the moral of all human tales ; ' 'Tis but...past, ' First Freedom, and then Glory— when that failn, ' Wealth, Vice, Corruption — Barbarism at last." EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOB ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...of the past, First freedom, and then glory—when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,—barbarism at last. And history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page,—'t is better written here, Where gorgeous tyranny had thus amass'd All treasures, all delights,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...those are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls; CVIII. There is lhc mortal of all human tales; (•!*>) 'Tis but the same rehearsal...her volumes vast, Hath but one page,— 'tis better jvrUten here, Where gorgeous Tyranny Iiad thus amass' d All treasures, all delight, that eye or ear,... | |
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