 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pagina’s
...Jn quiet flow from Lucrcce to Lucrcce : But by your fathers worth if your's you rate, Count me thofc only who were good and great. Go ! if your ancient,...family is young ; Nor own your fathers have been fools (b long. What car. ennoble lots, or flaves, or cowards ? Alas I riot all the blood of all the Howards,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pagina’s
...of an illuftrious race}, In quiet flow from Lucrcce to Lucrecc : But by your fathers' worth if yours erty purfued •', and meant a prey To lawlcfs pow'r, here turn'd fmce the flood, Go ! and pretend your family is young ; Nor own your fathers have been fools Ib long.... | |
 | 1793 - 764 pagina’s
...thoufand years or fo , May from Lucretia to Lucretia flow ; Ruth by ynnr fnrhpr's worth if yours yon rate, Count me thofe only who were good and great....blood Has crept thro' fcoundrels ever fince the flood j Go ! and pretend , your family is young ; Not own your father's have been fools fo long. What can... | |
 | James Roach - 1793 - 274 pagina’s
...quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucre ce : But by your father's worth if your's you rate, Count me tho fe only who were good and great. Go! if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept thro' feoundrels ever fines the flood, Go ! and pretend your fanuly is young ; Nor own, your fathers have... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pagina’s
...an illuflriou» race, In quiet flow from Lucrèce to Lucrèce : But by your fathers' worth if yours you rate, Count me thofe only who were good and great. Go! if your ancient, but ignoble blood air Has crept through fcoundrels ever fmce the flood, Go ! and pretend your family is young; Ni;r own... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pagina’s
...an illuftrious race, In quiet flow from Lucrèce to Lucrèce : But by your fathers' worth if yours you rate, Count me thofe only who were good and great. Go '. if your ancient, but ignoble blood an Has crept through fcoundrels ever fince the flood, Go ! and pretend your family is young; Nor own... | |
 | 1795 - 432 pagina’s
...were good and great. Go ! if your antient, but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, Go, and pretend your family is young; Nor own your fathers have been fools so long, What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards*... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pagina’s
...of an illuftrious race, In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece : But by your father's worth, if yours you rate, Count me thofe only who were good and great....blood Has crept thro' fcoundrels ever fince the flood, (;. 'Bfci pretend your family is young; V,i' /was, your fathers have been fools fo long. '•V 'lac... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pagina’s
...quiet rtow from Lucrèce to Lucrèce : But by your fathers' worth if yours you rate, Count me thofc only who were good and great. Go \ if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept thro' fcoundrcls ever fince the flood, Go \ and pretend your family is young ; Nor own your fathers have... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 pagina’s
...the pure blood of an illuflrious race, In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece : But by your fathers' worth if your's you rate, Count me thofe only who were good and great. 210 Go! VA RI AT IONS. VER. 207. Boaft the pure blood, £sV.] In the MS. thus, The richeft blood, right-honourably... | |
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Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, Go! and pretend your family is young; Nor own your fathers have been fools so long. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the... 
