 | 1814 - 580 pages
...nith redoubled ray.J HE 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 sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pages
...the orb or day ! To-morrow he repairs hia golden flood. And glads the nations with redoubled ray.] HE is fallen ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy which towered among us like some ancient ruin whose frown terrified the glance its magnificence attracted. Grand,... | |
 | John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 pages
...France that happiness which is the dearest object of my prayers." CHAP. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte. WE may now pause before that splendid prodigy which...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. — A mind bold, independent, and... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...pay bis own 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...his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...his own 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...his own originality. ' A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a •will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...our author sarcastically, in the concluding words of the volume, "want nothing but his genius." " He is FALLEN! " We may now pause before that splendid...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 - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...Loiutou, CHARACTERS OF NAPOLEON. I. HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON, BY CHARLES PHILLIPS, ESQ. HE is fallen !— We may now pause before that splendid...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive;... | |
 | 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...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt iu the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1822 - 324 pages
...his own 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...his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience... | |
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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 will, despotic in its dictates — an energy... 
