 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 318 pages
...: Thofe very Jews, who at their very beft, Their humour more than loyalty expreft, Now wonder'd why fo long they had obey'd An idol monarch, which their...random bolts : no form'd defign, Nor intereft made the faftious crowd to join : The fober part of Ifrael, free from ftain, Well knew the value of a peaceful... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...very Jews,- who, at their very best, Their humour more than loyalty express'd, Now wonder'd why so long they had obey'd An idol monarch which their hands...made ; Thought they might ruin him they could create, 65 Or melt him to that golden calf, a state. But these were random bolts ; HO form'd design, Nor int'rest,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...their very beft Their humour more than loyalty exprcls'd, Jv'ow wonder'd why ib long they had obey d e humour, which before Slept quiet in its channels,...I'ev'ral factions from this firft ferment, Work up to f of Hate. But thefe were random bolts : no form'd defign, Nor int'rcft made the factious crowd to join... | |
 | 1793 - 806 pages
...at their very bed Their humour more than loyalty expreft, Now wonder'd why fo long they had obey'J An idol monarch, which their hands had made ; Thought...create, Or melt him to that golden calf, a ftate. But thcfe were random bolts : no form'd diTiga, Nor intercft made the faciious crowd to join : The fober... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...than loyalty expreft, N,pw wonder'd why fo long they had nbey'd An idol monarch, which their hands bad made ; Thought they might ruin him they could create,...made the factious crowd to join : The fober part of Jfrael, free from flam, Well knew the value of a peaceful reign j And, looking backward with a wife... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 842 pages
...: Thofe very Jews, who at their very beft * Their humour more than loyalty expred, Now wonder'd why fo long they had obey'd An idol monarch, which their...they could create, Or melt him to that golden calf, a date. But thcfe were random bolts : no form'd defign, Nor iutercd made the factious crowd to join :... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 658 pages
...Thofc very Jews, wito at their very heft Their humour more than loyalty expreft, No v wonder'd why fo long they had obey'd An idol monarch, which their...they could create, Or melt him to that golden calf a Hate. But thefe were random bolts : no form'd defign. Nor intereft made the factious crowd to join:... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...very best, Their humour more than loyalty express'd, Now wonder'd why so long they had obey'd An idle monarch which their hands had made ; Thought they...they could create, Or melt him to that golden calf, a state. But these were random bolts; no form'd design, Nor int'rest, made the factious crowd to join... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...expreit, • No.v \vo;ider'd why fo long tliey had obey'd •\n idol monarcli, which their hands liad made; Thought they might ruin him they could create, Or melt him to that golden caifa Hate. But thefe were ra'.idoin bolts: no förm'd defign, Nor intereft msde the factious crowd... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...very Jews, who, at their very best, Their humour more than loyalty express'*) ; Now wonder'd why so long they had obey'd An idol monarch which their hands had made ; Thought rtiey might ruin him they could create, Or melt him to that golden calf, a state. But these were random... | |
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An idol monarch, which their hands had made ; Thought they might ruin him they could create, Or melt him to that golden calf, a state. 
