 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...  Latin Classics ... - Page 221by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. fOn what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just...adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; kO'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of... | |
 | Juvenal - 1825 - 234 pages
...parallel of Charles XII. of Sweden is here subjoined, from Dr. Johnson's imitation of this satire. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How...decide: A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers daunt him, and no labours tire; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield ; War sounds the trump, he rushes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. s "On what foundation stands the warriour's pride, ' How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide...adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; * O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. " On what foundation stands the warriour's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide...adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; * O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, " Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. "On what foundation stands the warriour's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide...adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; "O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. 0 On what foundation stands the warriour's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide...adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; 1 O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...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, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; • See Oent. Mag. Vul. LXVIII. p. ΚΟ. IOÏ7. t Ver. 133-1 W. t Vtr. ΝΓ-107. No joys to him pacific... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...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, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; • This was first written, " See, when the vulgar scaped;" but, as the rest of the paragraph was... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...everlasting debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride ? How...adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 584 pages
...attempt, almost as daring a one as some of Swedish Charles's, of whom our British Juvenal has sung : " A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire." To persons whose safety he put to such imminent hazard he was bound in justice to give... | |
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