 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1828 - 88 pages
...swept along By the full tide of power, the conqueror leads To crimson glory and undying fame ; But base ignoble slaves, — slaves to a horde Of petty...spearmen, — only great In that strange spell — a name. Each hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, Cry out against them. But this very day,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1828 - 590 pages
...tide of power, the conqueror led To crimson glory and undying fame; But base ignoble slaves,—slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots; lords...dozen paltry villages,— , Strong in some hundred spearmen,—only great In that strange spell—a name. Each hour, dart fraud, Or open rapine, or protected... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - Recitations - 1830 - 484 pages
...of power, the conqueror leads To crimson glory and undying fame; But base, ignoble slaves—slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots ; lords;...some dozen paltry villages— Strong in some hundred spearmen—only great In that strange spell—a name. Each hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...fame; But base, ignoble slaves-t-slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots! lords .-<. 7V Rich in some dozen paltry villages — Strong in some hundred spearmen — only great In that strange spell^a name. Each hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, Cry out against them. But... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 344 pages
...power, the conqueror led To crimson glory and undying fame ; But base, ignoble slaves — slaves to ji horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots ! lords Rich...hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, * Nicolas Gabrini de Rienzi, a remarkable character of the 14th century. He was the son of an obscure... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...as swept along By the full tide of power, the conqueror led To crimson glory and undying fame ; But base, ignoble slaves — slaves to a horde Of petty...hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, Cry out against them. But this very day, An honest man, my neighbor, there he stands, Was struck, struck... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Readers - 1844 - 440 pages
...undying fame, But base, ignoble slaves, — slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots ; lords, 5 Rich in some dozen paltry villages, — Strong in...— only great In that strange spell, — a name. Each hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, Cries out against them. But this very day,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...as, swept along By the full tide of power, the conqueror leads To crimson glory and undying fame, But base, ignoble slaves, — slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots ; lords, 5 Rich in some dozen paltry villages, — Strong in some hundred spearmen, — only great In that strange... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...as, swept along By the full tide of power, the conqueror led To crimson glory and undying fame ; But base, ignoble slaves — slaves to a horde Of petty...hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, • Nicolas Gabrini de Ricnzi, a remarkable character of the 14th century! He was the son of an obscure... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...as, swept along By the full tide of power, the conqueror led To crimson glory and undying fame ; But base, ignoble slaves — slaves to a horde Of petty...— Strong in some hundred spearmen — only great la that strange spell — a name. Each hour, dark fraud, Or open rapine, or protected murder, Cries... | |
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To crimson glory and undying fame, But base, ignoble slaves — slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots, lords Rich in some dozen paltry villages, Strong in some hundred spearmen, only great In that strange spell a name. 
