 | Friedrich Schiller - 1800 - 182 pages
...drove us afunder : He pac'd with rapid ftep the way of greatnefs, Was Count, and Prince, Duke regent, and Dictator. And now is all, all this too little for him ; He ftretches forth his hands for. a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin. BUTLER. No more, he... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1816 - 488 pages
...paced with rapid step the way to greatness ; Was Count, and Prince, Duke Regent, and Dictator, And is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches...a King's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin." Farewell, my dear friend ; light and leisure are exhausted in this long detail, concerning the religion... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1816 - 500 pages
...paced with rapid step the way to greatness ; Was Count, and Prince, Duke Regent, and Dictator, And is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches...a King's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin." Farewell, my dear friend ; light and leisure are exhausted in this long detail, concerning the religion... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1816 - 528 pages
...rapid step the way to greatness ; Was Count, and Prince, Duke Regent, and Dictator, And is all, ail this too little for him ; He stretches forth his hands...a King's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin." Farewell, my dear friend ; light and leisure are exhausted in this long detail, concerning the religion... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...paced with rapid step the way to greatness ; Was count, and prince, duke regent, arid dictator ; And is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches...a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin." SUPERSTITION AN ENGINE OF OPPRESSION. Urban Grandier, Minister and Canon of London, in France, was... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 588 pages
...paced with rapid step the way to greatness ; Was Count and Prince, Duke, Regent, and Dictator, And is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches forth his hand for a King's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin." Farewell, my dear friend ; light and leisure... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1827 - 538 pages
...paced with rapid step the way to greatness ; Was Count and Prince, Duke, Regent, and Dictator, And is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches forth his hand for a King's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin." Farewell, my dear friend ; light and leisure... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 444 pages
...dizziness or fall, He ran along the unsteady rope of life. But now our destinies drove us asunder : He paced with rapid step the way of greatness, Was...a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin. BUTXER. No more, he comes. SCENE III. To these enter WALLENSTEIN, i?ยป conversation with the BURGOMASTER... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...dizziness or fall, He ran alone the unsteady rope of life. But now our destinies drove us asunder ; a roar, thii loo little for him ; He stretches forth his hands for a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1836 - 496 pages
...drove us asunder : He pac'd with rapid step the way of greatness, Was count, and prince, duke regent, and dictator. And now is all, all this too little...a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin. But. No more, he comes. SCENE III. To these enter Wailemtein, in conversation with the Burgomaster... | |
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His marvellous preservation had transformed him. Thenceforth he held himself for an exempted And privileged being, and, as if he were Incapable of dizziness or fall, He ran along the unsteady rope of life. But now our destinies drove us asunder : He paced... 
