 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pages
...crawl'd of late, Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild...human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle,5 And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile. 3 [The sarcophagus, of breccia, which is supposed to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...crawl'd of late, Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild...empires, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table, earth—whose dice were humau bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature... | |
 | Marcius Willson - History - 1856 - 624 pages
...whirlwind and directed the storm"— of him whom Byron well describes as a mighty Gambler, "Whose gome was empires, and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice wero human bones." FRANCE, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL. Map No. XIII. FRINGE, (ancient Gaul,) bordering on... | |
 | Willard Fiske, Paul Charles Morphy - Chess - 1860 - 408 pages
...singularly massive and capacious, a fit "palace of the soul" for the mighty player " Whose game was empire, and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones." The floor was strewed with a litter of books and manuscripts, and nearly opposite the window of the... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1858
...Napoleon the Little' — and steer clear of such awful throws as those ascribed to him " Whose gamea were empires, and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones," you will doubtless contrive to pass many a pleasant evening, under the care of your present instructor.... | |
 | Periodicals - 1881 - 588 pages
...Eevolution, whom Byron has apostrophised in the well-known lines, "All, where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild, Whose game was empire, and whose stakes were thrones. Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones ? Behold the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...smouldering flame That burns upon a charnel stone. Eliza Cook, NAPOLEON. Where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild...Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Byron, Age of Bronze, in. 49. NATTTBE— see God. How sometimes nature will betray its folly, Its... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1893 - 638 pages
...grasping few. Out of the carnage of the past dimly tower the imposing forms of captains and conquerors. " Whose game was empires, and Whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table earth— Whose dice were human hones." Such was not the warfare waged by the Army of the Tennessee. You trod no innocent, bleeding... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...wore Whose table earth— whose die« were huiuau boiiw Î Behold the grand result in yon lone Ule, ling pleanuros; These Tañed loves, these matron's fears, These thoughtless st Keduced to ulbble at his narrow саке ; Umile to survey the qucller of the nations Now daily squabbling... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...treasures up a wrong. Mazefpa. x. They never fail who die In a great cause. Marino Faliero. Act ii. Sc. 2. Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones,...Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones. The Age of Bronze. St. 3. I loved my country, and I hated him. The Vision of Judgment. Ixxxiii. Sublime... | |
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Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy... 
