 | John Wesley - 1787 - 726 páginas
...Now fcantier limits the proud arch confine, And fcarce are feen the proftrate Nile or Rhine, A fmall Euphrates through the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold. The medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name: In one... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 páginas
...Now scarifier limits the proud arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine : Л small Euphrates through the piece is rolled And little eagles wave their wings in gold. Pope. They with such icanty wages pay The bondage and the slavery of years. Swift. In illustrating... | |
 | William Till - 1838 - 276 páginas
...limits the proud arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine. A small Euphrates thro' the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold." Pope. AN ESSAY ON THE ROMAN DENARIUS. The Engraving of this Token is copied from a fine pattern for... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...weeps. Now scantier limits the proud arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile or Rhine ; A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold. The Medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name : In one... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 596 páginas
...weeps ; Now scantier limits the proud arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine : A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled ; And little eagles wave their wings in gold. The medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name In one... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1860 - 328 páginas
...weeps. Now scantier limits the vast arch confine, And Bcarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine ; A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled ; And little eagles wave their wings in gold. The medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages hears each form and name ; In one... | |
 | Charles Septimus Medd - 1865 - 94 páginas
...weeps ; Now scantier limits the proud Arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine ; A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold." Thus it is (and It is hoped that it may appear more convincingly in what follows) that coins are often... | |
 | 1875 - 544 páginas
...According to the poet Pope, the stream was sometimes depicted in miniature on ancient coins : — " A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold." 2.— THE LAW IN THE MOUTH, Josn. ib — " This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth."... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 páginas
...weeps.1 Now scantier limits the proud arch confine,' And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile or Rhine ; A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold. so The Medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name : In... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 608 páginas
...weeps.1 Now scantier limits the proud arch confine,2 And scarce arc seen the prostrate Nile or Rhine ; A small Euphrates through the piece is rolled, And little eagles wave their wings in gold. so The Medal, faithful to its charge of fame, Through climes and ages bears each form and name : In... | |
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... perished, and their place no more ! Convinced, she now contracts her vast design, And all her triumphs shrink into a coin. A narrow orb each crowded conquest keeps, Beneath her palm here sad... 
