 | J.-L. van Aelbroeck - 1830 - 458 σελίδες
...atteintes mortelles; et à chacun de ces coups, l'agriculture est tombée en langueur. (i) Their Belgic sires of old , Rough , poor, content , ungovernably bold ; War in each breast , and freedom in each brow. GOLDSMITB. (2) Mémoires sur les questions proposées par l'Académie de Bruxelles, en... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 σελίδες
...unlike their Belgic fires of old ! 230 Rough, poor, content, ungovernably hold ; War in each breast, & freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! BRITAIN. Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads hr: wing, [spring ; 2cX3 And flies, where Britain... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 σελίδες
...quoted above, that we feel persuaded we shall consult the taste of the reader by inserting them. " Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hvdaspes glide ! There... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1835 - 312 σελίδες
...word ; and is certainly one of the happiest in our language : — Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...bold ! War in each breast, and freedom on each brow, HOT; much unlike the sons of Britain now ! — Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1837 - 312 σελίδες
...word ; and is certainly one of the happiest in our language : — Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...And flies where Britain courts the western spring. 221. This bias of the mind for contrast, in its association of ideas, is likewise eminently conducive... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 σελίδες
...conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! War in each breast, and freedom on each brow— How...And flies where Britain courts the western spring; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide; There... | |
 | 1837 - 756 σελίδες
...gentler mankind reign I torn, and France displays her light domain. Heavens I how unlike their Belgic sires of old, Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold...each brow, How much unlike the sons of Britain now. Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring,... | |
 | 1837 - 728 σελίδες
...gentler mankind reign I turn, and France displays her light domain. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old, Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold...breast, and freedom on each brow, How much unlike the >on» of Britain rune. Fir'd at the sound, iny genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 σελίδες
...still flies before him," &c. Again in speaking of the Dutch — " Heavens I how unlike their Belgic sires of old, Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast and freedom on each brow." In the manuscript introduction to the History of the War, he concludes a passage on the supposed degeneracy... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 σελίδες
...still flies before him," &c. Again in speaking of the Dutch — " Heavens! how unlike their Belgiac sires of old, Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold; War in each breast and freedom on each brow." In the manuscript introduction to the History of the War, he concludes a passage on the supposed degeneracy... | |
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And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of... 
