 It seemed as if his labours were repaid By the mere noise and movement of the fray : No conquests nor acquirements had he made ; His chief delight was, on some festive day To ride triumphant, prodigal, and proud, And shower his wealth amidst the shouting...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Página 218por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1819 - 596 páginas
...at his task, But with a sportive, careless, easy style, As if he seemed to mock himself the while. From realm to realm he ran — and never staid ; Kingdoms and crowns he won — and gave away ; It seem'd as if his labours were repaid By the mere noise and movement of the fray ; No conquests nor... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1819 - 592 páginas
...at his task, But with a sportive, careless, easy style, As if he seemed to mock himself the while. From realm to realm he ran— and never staid ; Kingdoms and crowns he won — and gave away ; It seem'd as if his labours were repaid By the mere noise and movement of the fray ; No conquests nor... | |
 | Giovanni Battista Casti, William Stewart Rose - 1821 - 366 páginas
...his stars, Had taught him all the arts of conversation, All games or skill and stratagems of wars; His birth, it seems, by Merlin's calculation, Was...and Mars ; His mind with all their attributes was mixt, And, like those planets, wandering and unfixt ; 16 XX. From realm to realm he ran — and never... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1821 - 148 páginas
...his stars, Had taught him all the arts of conversation, All games of skill and stratagems of wars ; His birth, it seems, by Merlin's calculation, Was...and Mars ; His mind with all their attributes was mixt, And, like those planets, wandering and uufixt ; XX. From realm to realm he ran — and never... | |
 | William Stewart Rose - 1825 - 262 páginas
...his stars Had taught him all the arts of conversation, All games of skill, and stratagems of wars ; His birth, it seems, by Merlin's calculation, Was...and Mars : His mind with all their attributes was mixt, And, like those planets, wand'ring and unfixt. Who can read this description, without recognizing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 348 páginas
...his stars, Had taught him all the arts of conversation, AH games of skill, and stratagems of wars ; His birth, it seems, by Merlin's calculation, Was...and Mars : His mind with all their attributes was mix'd, And, like those planets, wand'ring and unfix'd.* H 4 103 " Who can read this description, without... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 354 páginas
...stars, Had taught him all the arts of conversation, All games of skill, and stratagems of wars • His birth, it seems, by Merlin's calculation, Was...and Mars : His mind with all their attributes was mix'd, And, like those planets, wand'ring and unfix'd.' H 4 " Wliii can read this description, without... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 páginas
...his stars, Had taught him all the arts of conversation, All games of skill, and stratagems of wars j His birth, it seems, by Merlin's calculation, Was...and Mars : His mind with all their attributes was inix'cl, And, like those planets, wand'ring and uniix'd,' H 4 " "Who can read this description, without... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 páginas
...conversation. All games of skill, and stratagems of wars ; His birth, it teems, by Merlin's calculation, \Vas under Venus, Mercury, and Mars : His mind with all their attributes was mix'd. And, like those planets, wand'ring and imui'd.' "Who ran read Ibis description, without recognising... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 páginas
...liis slars. Had taught him all the arts of conversation. All games of skill, and stratagems of wart; mix'rt. And, like Ihote planet», wand'ring and imiiï'd.' "Who can read this description, without... | |
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