...? — His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand : He left that Name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. Jam tenet Italiani : tamen ultnl pergere tendit : " Actum," inquit, " nihil est, nist Pceno milite...

...Frederickshall, a frontier-town of Norway, rendered memorable by the tragical death of Charles XII., who there " left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Mr. Wilson's description of his journey to this celebrated place is animated and picturesque....

...Frederickshall, a frontier-town of Norway, rendered memorable by the tragical death of Charles XII., who there " left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Mr. Wilson's description of his journey to this celebrated place is animated and picturesque....

...sons, of no more value than are now the bulletins of the phantasmagoria Chieftain, who " — left that name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Yours, &c. HAMS HIJORNOR. Mr. URBAN, Leicester, Feb. II. I AM sorry I cannot coincide with your...

...very cruel consideration. CHAP. VI. ! 5t.'t.. ' ' ST. HELENA. NAPOLEON. A SAVOURY REPAST. He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.—JOHNSON. To the reflection, with which, the preceding chapter ended, the writer replied, It...

...Johnson, — " His lull was destined to a villain's hand, " Upon a savage and a barren strand, " Leaving the name, at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, and adorn a tale." •Amongst the turrets of Alexandria, seen at a distance in our engraving, the most...

...in a compass, so restricted as ours, any other reflection upon this extraordinary man, ' Who loft a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.' Ample documents, besides, are not wanting for those readers, whose curiosity will not be satisfied...

...saw the danger of her son, and threw a tile on the head of Pyrrhus, which ended his life. " He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Johnson. ANECDOTE OF GOVERNOR PENN. IN 1699, Governor Penn, when in Pennsylvania, was informed...

...His death was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the iianio, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." From Frederickshall, the King continued his route to Christiana, where he remained some time,...

...certainly rich and merits detailed analysis. The final couplet, for instance, is justly celebrated: "He left the Name, at which the World grew pale. / To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale" (VHW 221-22). This coda contains two seemingly contradictory notions. On the one hand, the story...