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" This pow'r has praise that virtue scarce can warm, Till fame supplies the universal charm. Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsires... "
Letters Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807 - Page 110
by Anna Seward - 1811
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...reason frowns on War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgag'd states their grandsircs' wreaths regret, From age to age...right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; A frame...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...game, Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgag'd states their grandsires' wreaths regrcf, From age to age in everlasting debt; Wreaths which...right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; _,. /»<,...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. V.

English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...game, Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgag'd states their grandsires' wreaths regre'?, From age to age in everlasting debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right conrey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...unequal game, Where wasted nation's raise a single name, • And mortgag'd states their1 gratidsire's wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt...right convey; To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsires' wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt;...right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. * On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their grandsires' wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convoy To rust on medals, or on stones decay. J On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, ] low...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...War's unequal game. Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgag'd states their grandstres wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt;...right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. On what foundation stands the warrior's pride. How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag-'d states their grandsires' wreaths regret, From, age to age in everlasting debt ; Wreaths which at last the dear bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay. t On what foundation stands the warrior's...
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Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 1

Anna Seward - Authors, English - 1811 - 434 pages
...tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whiri'd, For this the steady Roman shook the world ; For such,...gild the fatal conflicts of restless ambition. Mrs Granville shewed me Jenny Harry's apologetic tract on quitting our church in favour of quakerisih,...
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Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 1

Anna Seward - Authors, English - 1811 - 430 pages
...war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgag'd lands their graudsires wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt...gild the fatal conflicts of restless ambition. Mrs Granville shewed me Jenny Harry's apologetic tract on quitting our church in favour of quakerism, at...
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