 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pàgines
...endued, When Grecian mothers shall give birth to men, Then may'st thou be restored ; but not till then. oathe the hand that waves the eword To save them from the wrath of Gaul's unsp ; and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish time and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pàgines
...endued, When Grecian mothers shall give birth to men, Then may'st thou be restored ; but not till then. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shattcr'd splendour renovate. Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and... | |
 | Henry G. Wheeler - 1848 - 692 pàgines
...ship of state has rodo out many storms; but, still, wo should remember tlw fate of other republics. " 'A thousand years scarce serve to form a state: An hour may lay it in the dust.' " But it is said, Mr. Chairman, that the expenses of this war should be paid by Mexico, and that, as... | |
 | George Crosby - 1849 - 564 pàgines
...which essentially depended the welfare, prosperity, and happiness of this mighty empire (cheers). " A thousand years scarce serve to form a state, An hour may lay it in the dust." From whom had they so frequently and profitably learned these lessons of practical wisdom as from those... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pàgines
...it o'er thy land. lay your proud despoikrs low : but not for YOU will freedom's altars flame. 518. A THOUSAND YEARS scarce serve to FORM a state ; an HOUR may lay it in the dust. 519. He prayed but for LIFE — for LIFE he would give all he had in the world ; — it was but LIFE... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pàgines
...footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ? Lay of the Last Minstrel. SCOTT. 80. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shattered splendor renovate, Recall its virtues back and vanquish Time and Fate... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pàgines
...footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ? Lay of the Last Minstrel. SCOTT. 80. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shuttered splendor renovate, Recall its virtues hack and vanquish Time and Fate... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pàgines
...endued, When Grecian mothers shall give birth to men, Then may'st thou be restored ; but not till then. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 pàgines
...household charm of this old fragment. The following sentiment in the second canto of Childe Harold, — " A thousand years scarce serve to form a state, An hour may lay it ln the dust,"— is taken from a passage in Mnratori's Annals, to wit: — "Cento si richieggono ad... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pàgines
...EXECUTE but one. Not thirty TYRANTS now enforce the chain, but every CARLE can lord it o'er thy land. A THOUSAND YEARS scarce serve to FORM a state ; an HOU-R may lay it in the dust. What means this SHOUTING ? I do fear the people choose Ceesar for their KING. Ay, do you FEAR it ?... | |
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A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate? 
