There is the moral of all human tales; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption, — barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page... Byron and Romanticism - Sida 13efter Jerome McGann - 2002 - 311 sidorBegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Joseph S. Silver - 1845 - 194 sidor
...discovered. THE MORAL WORLD REVOLVES LIKE THE PHYSICAL GLOBE. " What is the moral of all human tales ? 'T is but the same rehearsal of the past — First freedom and then glory. When that fails ; Wealth, vicej corruption!" Nothing is more obvious than the necessity for active motion in the moral world,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 sidor
...Behold the Imperial Mount! Ч is thus the mighty CVI1I. There is the moral of all human tales; (2) 'T is but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom...History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page, — Ч is better written here, Where gorgeous Tyranny hath thus amass'd AH treasures, all delights... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 sidor
...Imperial Mount ! Ч is thus the mighty falls. *' СУШ. There is the moral of all human tales ; ** 'T is ay — Before the eastern flame Rose crimson, and deposed the stars, vaut, Hath but one page, — Ч is better written here, Where gorgeous tyranny had thu* amass'd All... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1848 - 790 sidor
...the party to which the right hon. Gentleman belonged : — " This is the moral of all earthly tale«, 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past ; First freedom,...at last ! And history, with all her volumes vast, llalli but one page." He entreated the House to remember the parting words of the hon. Member for Oxfordshire,... | |
| Alfred John Dunkin - 1848 - 176 sidor
...Pronounce who can : for all that learning reap'd From her research, hath been, that these are walls. There is the moral of all human tales— Tis but the same rehearsal of the past: First freedom—and then glory ; when that fails Wealth, vice, corruption—barbarism at last: And history,... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1848 - 410 sidor
...ruins I'll history seems but a record of overthrows. " Such is the moral of all human tales. "1'is bat the same rehearsal of the past : First freedom, and then glory — when that failis Wealth, vice, corruption, barbarism at last, And history with all her volumes vast," Hath but... | |
| Erskine Neale - 1849 - 444 sidor
...determinedly upheld — the existing Game Laws!" CHAPTER XIII. THE BOYAL FAVOURITE AND HER VICTIM. " There is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the...same rehearsal of the past, First freedom, and then glory—when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption."—BYRON. IT would he difficult to over-estimate... | |
| John Watkins - 1850 - 296 sidor
...power, and more than imitate the worldliness of the wealthy institution from which they seceded ? " There is the moral of all human tales, 'Tis but the...fails, Wealth, vice, corruption — barbarism at last." With the " Eanter " appeared " Corn-law Rhymes ;" a strange, unpromising title, as if the poet had... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 sidor
...antiquary. See "Historical Illustrations," p. 206. STANZA cvm. There is the moral of all human tales ; jTis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory, fyc The author of the Life of Cicero, speaking of the opinion entertained of Britain by that orator... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 sidor
...brightness in her eye she bore, when Rome was free. 5. There is a moral of all human tales ; 'T is but the same +rehearsal of the past: First, freedom,...history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page, — 't is better written here, Where gorgeous tyranny had thus +amassed All treasures, all delights,... | |
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