 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 138 стор.
...and pray'r-books are the toys of age. Cf. Byron, Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 8 : • The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...for a cell ; A strict accountant of his beads, — A »ubtle disputant on creeds,' &C. EPISTLE In. l. I. Here (ben we rest. An improvement upon the early... | |
 | James Hildyard - 1879 - 466 стор.
...four-and-twenty pages is to exhibit the book in such a form that all men may be able to accept it. "The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...subtle disputant on Creeds, His dotage trifled well:" — but we do not learn that he succeeded in making two watches go together for four-and-twenty hours... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 стор.
...left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld ahandon'd power. The Spaniard,J To the Spir heads, A suhtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well : Yet hetter had he neither known A higot's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 338 стор.
...Yet left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandon'd power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 342 стор.
...Yet left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandon'd power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 326 стор.
...Yet left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandon'd power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 стор.
...succeeded his grandfather Ferdinand in 1516; becaJM Emperor of Germany in 151*; ; abdicated in 1555. Gist coast, His mind as barren and his heart as : Yf t better had he neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 150 стор.
...and pray'r-books are the toys of age. Cf. Byron, Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 8 : 1 The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire for a cell ; ft strict accountant of his beads, — A subtle disputant on creeds,' See. EPISTLE III. l. 1. Here... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 610 стор.
...rosaries away, An empire for a eell ; A striet aeeountant of his beads, A subtle disputant on ereeds, His dotage trifled well ;§ Yet better had he neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne, But thou — from thy reluetant hand The thunderbolt is wrung— • "Certaminls jaudtX"— the expresslon... | |
 | Autumn leaves - 1882 - 210 стор.
...such power, It would control my dam's God .' TDH 54. ' Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son.' 1. ' A strict accountant of his beads, A subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well.' 2. ' Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.' 3. ' But screw your courage to the sticking place.' 4.... | |
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The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell, Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire for a cell... 
