| sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 948 σελίδες
...the degrada- 1813. tion of France. " The boast of chivalry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave." The Old Guard halted at Rippail, near the spot where Bessieres had been slain the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 σελίδες
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 σελίδες
...simple annals of the poor,. | The boast of heraldry, | the pomp of power, | And all that beauty, | all that wealth' , e'er gave,, | 'Await, alike, the...inevitable hour, — | The paths of glory ,, lead , but to the Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,, \ If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| George Mogridge - 1841 - 234 σελίδες
...great — they are again reminded that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." It has often struck me that profitable volumes might be gleaned from inscriptions... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 σελίδες
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1844 - 278 σελίδες
...great — they are again reminded that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp ef power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." It has often struck me that profitable volume* might be gleaned from inscriptions... | |
| 1859 - 880 σελίδες
...highly prizes, vanity is inscribed. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave." What Cardinal Wolsey said on his bed of death confirms it — " Vain pomp and glory... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 σελίδες
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of poweV, And all that beauty, built its neet in the Peak of Derbyshire.— (See Willtnii)hl>!f'is Ornithology, publi but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 σελίδες
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And. all that beauty, 844 leaU but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| 1845 - 816 σελίδες
...must be familiar to every body : — "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave." And the following, we believe, though quoting from a thirty-three years' recollection... | |
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