 | 1814 - 550 pages
...shame, the diadem of the Caesars ! Through this pantomime of his policy fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch crowns crumbled, beggars...rapidity of a drama. Even apparent defeat assumed the operations of victory ; his flight from Egypt confirmed destiny ; ruin itself only elevated him to... | |
 | 1814 - 580 pages
...the iliadeoi of the Caesars ! Through this pantomime of his policy fortune played the clown to bis caprices. At his touch crowns crumbled, beggars reigned,...rapidity of a drama. Even apparent defeat assumed the operations of victory ; his flight from Egypt confirmed destiny ; ruin itself only elevated him to... | |
 | Leipzig (Germany), Battle of, 1813 - 1814 - 42 pages
...shame, the diadem of the Caesars! Through this pantomime- of his policy, fortune played the down to his caprices. At his touch, Crowns crumbled, beggars...reigned, systems Vanished, the wildest theories took tke colour of- his whim, and all that were venerable, and all that was novel, changed places with the... | |
 | John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 pages
...were his out-posts—and he disposed Through this pantomime of his policy, fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars...rapidity of a drama. Even apparent defeat assumed the operations of victory— his flight from Egypt confirmed his destiny—ruin itself only elevated him... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...shame, the diadem of the Caesars ! ' Through this pantomime of his policy, Fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars...destiny — ruin itself only elevated him to empire. t But if his fortune was great, his genius was transcendent ; decision flashed upon his councils ;... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...shame, the diadem of the Caesars! Through this pantomime of his policy, fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch crowns crumbled, beggars...rapidity of a drama. Even apparent defeat assumed the operations of victory— his flight from Egypt confirmed his destiny; ruin itself only elevated him... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...the diadem of the Csesars ! " Throughout this pantomime of his policy, Fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars...rapidity of a drama. Even apparent defeat assumed tlie appearance of victory — his flight from Egypt confirmed his destiny — ruin itself only elevated... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars reigned, systems vanistied, the wildest theories took the colour of his whim,...drama. Even apparent defeat assumed the appearance of victory—his flight from Egypt confirmed his destiny—ruin itself only elevated him to empire. bf... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1822 - 324 pages
...shame, the diadem of the Caesars ! Through this pantomime of his policy, Fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars...drama. Even apparent defeat assumed the appearance of * In his hypocritical cant after Liberty, in the commencement of the Revolution, he assumed the name... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...shame, the diadem of the Caesars ! Through this pantomime of his policy, fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars...systems vanished, the wildest theories took the colour ot his whim ; all that was venerable, and all that was novel, changed places with the rapidity of a... | |
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... despotism. A professed Catholic, he imprisoned the Pope; a pretended patriot, he impoverished the country; and in the name of Brutus, he grasped without remorse, and wore without shame, the diadem of the Caesars! Through this pantomime of his policy,... 
