 He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.  Notes and Queries - Strona 1591893Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Liczba stron: 1062
...the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, morrow's next design, But of offence and trouble,...mine ear one call'd me forth to walk With gentle This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So when they did design The Capitol's... | |
 | 1839 - Liczba stron: 300
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed." REIGN OF NERO. The following passage of history will show,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - Liczba stron: 550
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. The heroic Marquis of Montrose is said to have written his master's epitaph with the point of his sword.... | |
 | 1840 - Liczba stron: 760
...universal groan issued from the crowd ; ' He nothing common did, nor mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor called on God with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a... | |
 | 1841 - Liczba stron: 500
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor...with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, Down, as upon a bed. But bowed his comely head The heroic Marquis of Montrose is said to have written... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 712
...the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. HE nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor...gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless risrht ; But bowed his comely head, Down, as upon a bed. This was that memorable hour, Which first... | |
 | William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846 - Liczba stron: 444
...armecl bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed." This compassion, excited in the nation by the tragical... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - Liczba stron: 488
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor...right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. Charles was attended to the scaffold by Bishop Juxon, and by two of the gentlemen of his bedchamber,... | |
 | 1847 - Liczba stron: 810
...armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor...: But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." selves, then, into a belief that hewas uncompromisingly firm, of whom Clarendon wrote, that " he had... | |
 | Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1849 - Liczba stron: 604
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." 1 I have not spoken of the King's last sorrowful hours ; of his parting with his children ; of his... | |
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