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" The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. "
Poésie, versification [etc - Page 14
by Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 429 pages
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I ...

1720 - 302 pages
...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,...
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An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. Warburton

Alexander Pope - 1749 - 110 pages
...'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,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 pages
...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,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...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,...
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Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...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,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1760 - 314 pages
...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...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...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...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces ..., Volume 32, Page 1

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 406 pages
...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,...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...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,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...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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