 | 1720 - 302 pagina’s
...ferve, obeys; And Soileax flill in right of Horace fways. But ,we, brave Brittms, foreign laws defpis'd, And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd, Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Ramans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who lefs prcfum'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1749 - 110 pagina’s
...'liad not'aftaineu- the I'.ventieth vcrr of hio age. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, 7I5 And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who lefs prefum'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 pagina’s
...obeys; And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fways. 715 But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, And kept unconquer'd, .and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who lefs prefum'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pagina’s
...obeys ; And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fways. 715 But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who lefs prefum'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pagina’s
...obeys ; And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, 715 And kept unconquer'd and unciviliz'd; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who lefs prefum'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 314 pagina’s
...obeys ; And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, 715 And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd } Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Romans, as of old. IMITATIONS. VER.7C8. As next in place to Mantua,'} Alluding to... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagina’s
...710 Thence arts o'er all the northern world advance, 33 ut critic learning flourish'd most in France: The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. Butwe, brave Britons, foreign laws despis'd, 7/5 And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd; Fierce for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 406 pagina’s
...obeys ; And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, 71.5 And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We ftill defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who lefs prefum'd,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pagina’s
...ferve, obeys ; And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws defpis'd, 1 will, Flies, worms, and flow'rs, exceed me ftill. Then will I fet my heart to find ftill defied the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were, among the founder few Of thofe who Icfs prefum'd,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pagina’s
...fcrve, obejrs; And Boilcau ftill in right of Horace fways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws dtfpu'd, And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We flill defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet fome there were among the founder few Of thofe who lefs preCum'd,... | |
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The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. 
