 | Charles Cowden Clarke - 1869 - 406 pages
...sportive, and affectedly grand is this triumphant ending : — " ' And now (as oft in some distemperM state) On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate : An Ace of Hearts steps forth : the King unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen : He springs to vengeance... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1871 - 908 pages
...forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look : She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin and Codille. And now (as oft in some distempcr'd state) On one nice trick depends the general fate : The Ace of Hearts steps forth... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille. 380 And now (as oft in some distemper'd State) On one nice Trick depends the gen'ral fate; An Ace of Hearts steps forth; The King unseen Lurked in her hand, and mourned his captive Queen -• He springs to Vengeance... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; 90 She sees, and trembles at the approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille. And now, (as oft in some distemper'd state) On one nice trick depends the general fate, An Ace of Hearts steps forth :... | |
 | 1874 - 752 pages
...forsook, A livid paleness spreads o er all her look ; She sees, and trembles at the approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin and Codille. And now (as oft in some distempered state) On one nice trick depends the general fate. An Ace of Hearts steps forth ;... | |
 | 1874 - 858 pages
...forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin and Codille. And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) On one nice trick depends the general fat*. An Ace of Hearts steps forth ;... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English literature - 1877 - 564 pages
...forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look; * She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille. And now, (as oft in some distemper'd State) On one nice Trick depends the gen'ral fate. An Ace of Hearts steps forth: The... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...spreads o'er all her look ; 8o THE ENGLISH POETS. She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille. And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate. An Ace of Hearts steps forth :... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees, and trembles at th" approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille. And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate. An Ace of Hearts steps forth :... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 pages
...at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille. And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) On' one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate. An Ace of Hearts steps forth : the King unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen : He springs to vengeance... | |
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He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts... 
