 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1894 - 602 стор.
...forefathers, was ' filled with devils and evil men,' has become pathetic in decay : — ' Fallen at length Is that tower of strength Which stood foursquare to all the winds that blew. The mighty keep of the house of Ferrers has been so utterly destroyed that only since this book was... | |
 | 1853 - 672 стор.
...all men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, 0 iron nerve, to true occasion true ; 0 fall'n at length that tower of strength, Which stood...that blew ! Such was he whom we deplore ; The long eelf-sacrifice of life is o'er :' The great World-victor's victor will be seen no more. They are conveying... | |
 | 1881 - 704 стор.
...find the line» referred to in Tennyson's Ode on the Dmihofllie Date of Wellington: — 0 fol Гм at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! " HENRY R. Рьомкв (Southport). — Have you consulted jowndes, Watt, or any of the bibliographical... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 стор.
...in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. 0 good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens...stood four-square to all the winds that blew! Such was lie whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor will... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1855 - 802 стор.
...simplicity sublime. 0 good gray head which all men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, 0 iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length...Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew !" In the following passage, apt use is made of the fact that the bones of Nelson and Wellington find... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 436 стор.
...which all men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, 0 iron nerve to true occasion true, 0 fall'n at length that tower of strength / Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! 9 130 ODE ON THE DEATH OF Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The... | |
 | James White - 1855 - 308 стор.
...There was no theatrical pomp about him, but everything denoting self-respect and power ; — " He was a tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." While these strange events were going on in Paris, and while London, also, was visited by the royal... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 188 стор.
...in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens...occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 872 стор.
...We may fitly borrow for Nelson Tennyson's lines for the most famous of British soldiers : O fal1'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew 1 Trafalgar, it may be added, was a French defeat ; but in no other sea battle ever fought does French... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 872 стор.
...fellowmen.' The words that Tennyson wrote of Wellington are equally applicable to General Grant : he was a ' tower of strength which stood four-square to all the winds that blew.' It is now sixty years since I saw the illustrious soldier take the highest jump recorded in military... | |
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O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew! 
