 | Leipzig (Germany), Battle of, 1813 - 1814 - 42 pages
...its style it cannot be surpassed:—'' He is fallen!— We may now pause before that splendiflprodigy which towered amongst us like some ancient ruin,. whose frown terrified . the. glance its- magaificeoe^. attracted. Grand, gloomy, and ^peculiar* ihe.isatr" upon th&, throne, a gceptered hermit,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...CHARACTERS OF NAPOLEON. I. HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON, BY CHARLES PHILLIPS, ESQ. HE is fallen !— We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...independent, and decisive; a will, despotic, in its dictate*; an energy that distances expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest>... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...sarcastically, in the concluding words of the volume, "want nothing but his genius." " He is FALLEN! " We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a seeptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. " A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...Costs.] A CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF HIS EXILE TO ELBA. TTE is FALLEN ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he -sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...Costs.] ' A CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF HIS EXILE TO ELBA. ITE is FALLEN ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. ' A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...costs.] A CHARACTER » ' 01 NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THK PERIOD OK . HIS EXILE TO ELBA. IS FALLEN We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent and decisive—a... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Forensic orations - 1821 - 278 pages
...own Costs.] A CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, nOWIf TO THE PEBIOD OF HIS HE IS EXILE TO ELBA. WK may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt iu the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1822 - 324 pages
...Costs.] •A CHARACTER or NAPOJLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF HIS EXILE TO ELBA. HE is FALLEN ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...THE IRISH BARRISTER. Be is fallen ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy which towered among us like some ancient ruin, whose frown terrified the...Grand, gloomy and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind, bold, independent and decisive... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...exulting, as they rose, in the success of their labours. A Character of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. He is fallen ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy) which towered amongst us like some ancient ruin, whose iiwn terrified the glance its magnificence attracted. Grand. gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the... | |
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Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy... 
