 | Alexander Pope - 1796 - 264 pages
...obeys, And Boileau ftill in right of Horace fvvays. But we, brave Britons ! foreign laws defpis'd, 715 And kept unconquer'd and uncivilized ; 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 thole who lefs prefum'd... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...most in France; The rules a nation born to serve obeys, And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And...Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Hotnans, as of old. Yet some there were, among the sounder few Of those who less presumed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...most in France : The rules a nation born to serve obeye, And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. dertaken a task infinitely above his force. Secondly, while this little author struts and tor the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old Yet some there were among... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1880 - 1472 pages
...Boileau still in right of Ilorace sways, But we brave Britons foreign laws despised And kept unconquered and uncivilized Fierce for the liberties of wit and bold, We still defit'd the Romans äs of old." Pope: Essay on Criticism v. 713 — 718. dieser rückhaltlosen Bevorzugung... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 pages
...obeys ; And Boilcau still in right of Horace swavs. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, 715 And kept unconquer'd, and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old. Yet some there were, among the sounder few Of those who less presumed,... | |
 | 1866 - 490 pages
...encore manier la trompette et la lyre, But we brave Britons foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit and bold, We still defied the Romans as of old. . Yet some there were among the sounder few, 160 Of those who less presumed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...in France ; The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And...Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old. Yet some there were, among the sounder few Of those who less presumed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1869 - 512 pages
...in France ; The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And...Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old. Yet some there were, among the sounder few • Of those who less presumed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 544 pages
...the despotism of Louis XIV. 80 But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered, and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old.1 Yet some there were, among the sounder few Of those who less presumed,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...thrive at Westminster on fools like you: 'Twas a fat oyster: live in peace: adieu! POPE: from Boileau. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And...Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old. POPE. Yes, the last pen for freedom let me draw, When truth stands trembling... | |
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And kept unconquer'd and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old. Yet some there were, among the sounder few Of those who less presumed and better knew, 720 Who durst assert the juster ancient cause,... 
