 | William Cooke Taylor - Europe - 1845 - 872 pages
...Johnson's character of Charles XII. is the best comment on the life of that adventurous warrior : — " On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labors tire ; O'er love, o'er fear,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...the enormous weight ? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulfs below. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; 1 Menial lord —... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Europe - 1845 - 852 pages
...Johnson's character of Charles XII. is the best comment on the life of that adventurous warrior : — " On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labors tire ; O'er love, o'er fear,... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1846 - 252 pages
...similarity of sound between the last syllables •f different lines, as in the following verses : — On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. In Blank Verse the final syllables do not rhyme. A Casura is a cessation of the voice, and occurs immediately... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...game, Where wasted nations raise a single name. And mortgaged states their grandsires' wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt ; Wreaths which...pride ? How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...up, the star is shot, The flight is past, and man forgot. BISHOP KING. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. ON what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire : O'er love, o'er fear,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...game, Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgag'd states their grandsires wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt ; Wreaths which...pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1848 - 324 pages
...adoption of seth; are almost the only events related of the immediate family of adam, after his fall. on what foundation stands the warrior's pride, ' how just his hopes, let sweedish charles decide. . ' in every leaf that trembles to the breeze, ' i hear the voice of 'god... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 pages
...couplets ; and are the metre in which many of the greatest poems of the English language are written. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride ? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, no misfortunes tire ; O'er Love, o'er Fear... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 pages
...couplets ; and are the metre in which many of the greatest poems of the English language are written. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride ? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, no misfortunes tire ; O'er Love, o'er Fear... | |
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On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain... 
