Compute the chances, And deem there's ne'er a one in dangerous times Who wins the race of glory, but than him A thousand men more gloriously endowed Have fallen upon the course ; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst... The Poetical Works of Henry Taylor - Página 21por Sir Henry Taylor - 1864Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1834 - 720 páginas
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| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 558 páginas
...Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom arid A smaller tally, of the singular few, Who, gifted...men. Father John. Had Launoy lived, he might have passed for great, But not by conquests in the Franc of Bruges. The sphere — the scale of circumstance... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...course; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...peace. The world knows nothing of its greatest men. [From Philip Van Artemlde.] THK MYSTERY OF LIFE. THIS circulating principle of life That vivifies the... | |
| 576 páginas
...course ; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...greatest men. Father John. Had Launoy lived he might have passed for great, But not by conquests in the Franc of Bruges. The sphere, the scale of circumstance,... | |
| Sir Henry Taylor - 1834 - 340 páginas
...course ; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...greatest men. FATHER JOHN. Had Launoy lived he might have passed for great, But not by conquests in the Franc of Bruges. The sphere, the scale of circumstance,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 564 páginas
...course ; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...men. Father John. Had Launoy lived, he might have passed for great, But not by conquests in the Franc of Bruges. The sphere — the scale of circumstance... | |
| 1834 - 566 páginas
...course ; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...men. ' FATHER JOHN. ' Had Launoy lived, he might have passed for great, But not by conquests in the Franc of Bruges. The sphere— the scale of circumstance... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1835 - 552 páginas
...course; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...peace. The world knows nothing of its greatest men." With all this we cordially concur; there is more, much more irt the force of circumstance that lifts... | |
| Plantagenet - 1835 - 950 páginas
...heard. CHAPTER V. to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular few, Who, gifted with predominatrug powers, Bear yet a temperate will and keep the peace. The world knows nothing of its greatest men. Philip Van Artevelde. A FEW days after the conversation detailed in the preceding chapter, Ralph Basset... | |
| 1834 - 562 páginas
...course ; a thousand others Have had their fortunes foundered by a chance, Whilst lighter barks pushed past them ; to whom add A smaller tally, of the singular...men. Father John. Had Launoy lived, he might have passed for great, But not by conquests in the Franc of Bruges. The sphere — the scale of circumstance... | |
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