 Historian, bard, philosopher, combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents: But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt - Page 163by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...where it lUteth, laying all things prone, — Now to o'urthrow a fool, and now to shake a tluone. CVII. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And...dwelt, with learning wrought, And shaped his weapon uith an edge severe. Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer; The lord of irony, — that master-spell,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. evn. The olher, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom...him to the zealot's ready hell, Which answers to all doubts so eloquently well. cvni. Yet, peace be with their ashes, — for by them, If merited, the penalty... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...Blew where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And...master-spell, Which stung his foes to wrath, which grow from foar, And doom'd him to the zealot's ready Hell, Which answers to all doubts so eloquently... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 402 pages
...where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. CVII. In meditation dwelt, with learning wrought, And shaped...stung his foes to wrath, which grew from fear, And doomed him to the zealot's ready Hell, Which answers to all doubts so eloquently well. CVIII. Yet,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1866 - 484 pages
...represents what is in reality an abuse as an inevitable consequence. Byron well describes him as " Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer, The lord of irony, that master-spell." Moreover, though perpetually warmed by the grand or touching incidents he relates into noble bursts... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. CVII. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And...wrought, And shaped his weapon with an edge severe, 1 Voltaire and Gibbon. Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer ; The lord of irony, — that master-spell.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...where it listed, laying all things prone,— Now to o'erthrowa fool, and now to shake a throne. cvn. ons, part by part, The glory which at once upon thee...outward sense Is but of gradual grasp— and as Jt edpe severe, Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer ; The lord of irony, — that master- spell,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...foe to God was ne'er true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does. Ib. vni. 704. He shaped his weapon with an edge severe, Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer. Byron, C./T.in.l07. Thus men too careless of their future state, Dispute, know nothing, and repent... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1867 - 562 pages
...and represents what is in reality an abuse as an inevitable consequence. Byron well described him as "Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer, The lord of irony, that master-spell." But the accusations of having intentionally distorted facts or garbled authorities he has refuted in... | |
 | Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 pages
...be soiled with imperfect thoughts. Byron (" Childe Harold") says of the historian Gibbon that he was Deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year. We are not accustomed to credit the poetical temperament with a disposition of this description ; but... | |
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