 Most gloriously have the citizens of Zaragoza proved that the true army of Spain, in a contest of this nature, is the whole people. The same city has also exemplified a melancholy, yea, a dismal truth — yet consolatory and full of joy — that, when...  The Vision of Don Roderick: A Poem - Page 102by Walter Scott - 1811 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 602 pages
...philosophy of which, nothing comparable has been produced since the days of Milton, " Zaragoza has exemplified a melancholy, yea a dismal truth, yet...the roofs by which they have been sheltered, in the garden s of their recreation; in the street, or in the market-place ; before the altars of their temples,... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 308 pages
...Convention (misnamed) of Cintra,' where a noble passage concludes in these words : — ' Saragoza has exemplified a melancholy, yea, a dismal truth, yet...the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered ; in the gardens of their recreation ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...paler dames would seek? How poor their forms appear! how languid, wan, and weak! dismal truth,—yet consolatory and full of joy, — that when a people...the chambers where the family of each man has slept; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered ; in the gardens of their recreation; In... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 438 pages
...full of joy, that when a people are called suddenly to fight for their liberty, and MAID OF SARAGOZA. are sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle...the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered ; in the gardens of their recreation ;... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 462 pages
...consolatory and full of joy, that when a people are called suddenly to fight for their liberty, andare sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is...the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered ; in the gardens of their recreation ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...round the North for paler dames would seek? How poor their forms appear ! how languid, wan, and weak! dismal truth,— yet consolatory and full of joy,...the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered; in the gardens of their recreation ; in... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...round the North for paler dames would seek ? How poor their forms appear ! how languid, wan, and weak ! people are called suddenly to fight for their liberty,...the chambers where the family of each man has slept ; upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered ; in the gardens of their recreation ;... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...The same city has also exemplified a melancholy, yea, a dismal truth, — yet consolatory and lull of joy, — that when a people are called suddenly...the family of each man has slept, (his own or his neighbour's;) upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered; in the gardens of their recreation;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...eulogium conferred upon them by the eloquence of Wordsworth ! — " Host gloriously have the citi/ens en on its battlements they saw A vision, passing Nature's...or mien. Vet darkly did it seem, as there Heralds liis neighbours' ;) upon or under the roofs by which they have been sheltered; in the gardens of their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...liberty, and are sorely pressed upon, their best field of battle is the floors upon which theirchildren > 1 upen or under the roofs by which they have l»ern sheltered ; ir the gardens of their recreation ;... | |
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