AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they... A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 - Página 273por Sir Spencer Walpole - 1890Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Edward John Trelawny - 1858 - 332 páginas
...indifference, denoted blood and high breeding. CHAPTEE XIII. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till... | |
| 1869 - 384 páginas
...low a point of degradation as was possible : — " An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring,— Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they... | |
| Afternoon lectures - 1869 - 378 páginas
...point of degradation as was possible : — • " An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring,—— Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1871 - 742 páginas
...fair England be your sepulchre. ENGLAND IN I819. AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring,— Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, uor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 646 páginas
...cattle. Two vipers tangled into one. ENGLAND IN 1819. AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,— Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till... | |
| Dublin city, roy. coll. of sci - 1875 - 358 páginas
...low a point of degradation as was possible : — " An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring,— Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they... | |
| Charles Sotheran - 1876 - 80 páginas
...these abominable Hanoverians had "England in 1819:" " An old, mad, blind, despised and dying king, — Princes the dregs of their dull race who flow Through public scorn, mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, A people... | |
| Edward Dowden - 1878 - 542 páginas
...lowest point of social and political degradation : " An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, mud from a muddy spring, — .Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till... | |
| Edward John Trelawny - 1878 - 278 páginas
...OF SHELLEY, BYRON, AND THE AUTHOR. CHAPTER XIII. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till... | |
| sir Spencer Walpole - 1879 - 786 páginas
...she herself knew him. It is probable that the domestic happiness of the queen decreased from the very period at which her husband became more popular. The...parents to a muddy spring. But Shelley's words show the utter contempt which was felt for the sons of George III. The Prince George Augustus Frederick, the... | |
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