 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...night. The foes already have pcjffefs'd the wall ; Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name -, More than enough...and to fame. If by a mortal hand my father's throne Cou'd be defended, 'twas by mine alone. The argument here made x:fc of to psiTuade Л1пеа5 io Jnvention.^... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...the wall, Truv nods from high, and totters to her fäll. Eoough is paid to Priam's royal name, M ir than enough to duty and to fame. If by a mortal hand my father's throne timid be defended, 'twas by mine alone ; Ko* Troy to thee commends her future stale, And gives her... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...the wall, Troy nods from hull, and totters to her fall: Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, Afore than enough to duty and to fame: If by a mortal hand my father's thrnne Could he defended, 'twas by mine alone : Now Troy to thee commends her future stale, And gives... | |
 | Francis Plowden - 1812 - 566 pages
...a classical dream of self-importance. Si Pergama dextra Defend! possrnt etfam hacdefensa fuisscnt. If by a mortal hand my father's throne Could be defended, 'twas by mine alone. Dryd. Ib, Then the antiquary informs us, that Tigtrtiac1>, AD 69C, preserved one of the most ancient... | |
 | 1813 - 432 pages
...night. The foes already have possess'd the wall : Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to duty and to fame. If by a mortal band my lather's throne Could be defended, 'twas by mine alone. Now Troy to thee commends her future... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...night. The foes already have possess'd the wall : Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...From their assistance, happier walls expect, Which, wand'ring long, at last thou shalt erect." He said, and brought me, from their blest abodes, The venerable... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...night. The foes already have possess'd the wall ; Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...shalt erect." He said, and brought me, from their blest abodes, The venerable statues of the gods, With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir, The wreaths... | |
 | Romans - 1821 - 366 pages
...alludes in that part of the .ZEneid where the ghost of Hector warns JEneas to depart : — " Now Troy lo thee commends her future state, And gives her gods...shalt erect — " He said, and brought me from their bless'd abodes, The venerable statues of the gods, With ancient fiesta from the sacred choir, The wreaths... | |
 | 1821 - 376 pages
...distinctly alludes in that part of the .ZEneid where the ghost of Hector warns ^Eneas to depart : — " Now Troy to thee commends her future state, And gives...walls expect, Which, wandering long, at last thou shall erect — " He said, and brought me from their bless'd abodes, The venerable statues of the gods,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 268 pages
...night. The foes already have possess'd the wall: Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...thou shalt erect." He said, and brought me from their bless'd abodes, The venerable statues of the gods, With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir, The wreaths... | |
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O goddess-born ! escape, by timely flight, The flames and horrors of this fatal night. The foes already have possess'd the wall : Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to duty and to fame.... 
