...what was sordid and foul (Thacker.) ; Not a Testige of a town or even cottage was in sight (Byron) ; Yet better had he neither known, A bigot's shrine nor despot's throne (Byron). In comparative clause with as is found omitted : As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart (Pope)....

...left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandon 'd power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. ODE TO NAPOLEON. 379 But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou...

...Yet left him such a doom I His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandoned power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...His dotage trifled well : Yet better had he neither kn»wn A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt...

...Yet left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandoned power. The Spaniard, when the lust of. sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command...

...left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandoned power. The Spaniard, J when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung; * Milo of Croton. t Sulla. t The Emperor...

...Yet left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandoned power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — All Evil Spirit as thou art, It is...

...him such a doom 1 His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld, abandoned power. VIII. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. XX. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high...

...down The Saxon battle-axe and crown." Byron, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, stanza 8 : " The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well." Compare German beten, to pray ; bitten, to ask ; bieten, to offer, our ' bid ' at auction. EPISTLE...

...him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld, abandoned power. vin. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well : Tet better had he neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. DC. But th on — from thy...

...him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld, abandoned power. VTtL The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell, Cast crowns for rosaries away, A strict accountant of his beads, A subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well : Yet better...