| William Congreve - 1797 - 474 pagina’s
...husbandry the rankness cur'di Tam'd us to manners, when the stage was rude, And boist'rous English wit with art indu'd. Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gain'd in skill we lost in strength. Our builders were, with want of genius, curst ; The second temple was not... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pagina’s
...ctir'dj Tam'd us to manners, when the fta<c was rude ; And boiticrous Englilh wit with art indued. Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gain'd in (kill wt- loll in ftren^th. Our builders were with want of genius curft ; The fécond temple was not... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 458 pagina’s
...: Tam'd us to manners, when the stage was rude, And boist'rous English wit — with art endu'd. 10 Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gain'd in skill, we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curs'd ; The second temple was not... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 610 pagina’s
...cur'd; Tam'd us to manners, when the flage was rude ; And boiftrous Englifh wit with art indu'd. 10 Our age was cultivated thus at length; But what we gain'd in fkill we loft io flrength. Our builders were with want of genius curfl; The fecond temple was not like the firft... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pagina’s
...cur'd; Tam'd us to manners, when the ftage was rude ; And boiftrous F«nglilh wit with art indu'd. 10 Our age was cultivated thus at length; But what we gain'd in ilcill we loft in ftrength. Our builders were with want of genius curft; The fecond temple was not... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pagina’s
...rankness cured ; Tamed us to manners when the stage was rude, And boisterous English wit with art endued. Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gain'd in skill we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not... | |
| 1822 - 314 pagina’s
...rankness cured; Tamed us to manners when the stage was rude, And boisterous English wit with art endued. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we gain'd in skill, we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius cursed; The second temple was not... | |
| 1823 - 734 pagina’s
...those which rhyme together, though consisting of . 1'crcnt words; as, bay, day; lay, may; pay, say. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we gain'd in skill we lost in strength : Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...husbandry the rankness cur'd ; Tam'd us to manners, when the stage was rude, And boisterous English buries All. O о ; l . • I GAY— AD 1688-1732. RURAL SPORTS: A GEORGIC. INSCRIB skill, we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not... | |
| Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 pagina’s
...rankness cur'd, Tam'd us to manners when the stage was rude, And boisterous I'.nglish wit with art indued. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we gain'd in skill, we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not... | |
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