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... Chess Player's Chronicle - Página 1541849Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 páginas
...state ? 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,5 And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile. 3 [The sarcophagus,... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1856 - 624 páginas
...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 - 1860 - 408 páginas
...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.... | |
| 1881 - 588 páginas
...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 grand result in that lone isle, And as thy nature bids thee, weep or smile." The portraits... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 páginas
...Cook, NAPOLEON. 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 ? Byron, Age of Bronze, in. 49. NATTTBE— see God. How sometimes nature will betray its folly, Its... | |
| Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1893 - 638 páginas
...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... | |
| John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 páginas
...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... | |
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 páginas
...envy dar'd not hate — Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make men blush there was but one. BYRON. Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones....Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones. BYRON'S Age. of Bronze. While Franklin's quiet memory climbs to heaven, Calming the lightning which... | |
| Annie Emma Challice - 1871 - 412 páginas
...The Tuileries," preceding. " Who, born no King, made monarchs draw his car ; Whose game was empire, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table, earth ; whose dice were human bones." On the Pope's way to Fontainebleau, through southern districts and rural towns of France, he was received... | |
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