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... An Apology for the Life of James Fennell - Page xby James Fennell - 1814 - 510 lehteFull view - About this book
| William Scott - 1825 - 382 lehte
...Lucrece : But by your father's worth it" yours yon rate, Count me those only who wore good and great. Go ! if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept...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. Look next... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 lehte
...were good and great. Go ! if your aneient, but ignoble blood Has erept through seoundrels ever sinee m the laureate vale's profound reeess, Where never poet gain'da wreath before. [seends From Heav What ean ennoble sots, or slaves, or eowards ? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. Look next... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 lehte
...Lucrece : But by your fathers' worth if yours you rate, Count me those only who were good and great. 210 Go ! if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, Go I and pretend your family is young ; Nor own your fathers have been fools so long. What can ennoble... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 lehte
...Lucnce : But, l>y your father's worth if yours yon itte, Count me those only who were good and great Go ! if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the FW, Go ! and pretend your family is young; Nor own your fathers have been fooh so long. What can ennoble... | |
| Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 lehte
...looking through that granary of honors, I there found almost every name in the kingdom; but forme, -My ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood. Gulcs, Purpure, Argent, &c. quite disowned me. "My father wan of the north of Scotland, the son of... | |
| Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 lehte
...looking through that granary of honours, I there found almost every name in the kingdom; but for me, ' My ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.' Gules, Purpure, Argent, &c. quite disowned me. " My father was of the north of Scotland, the son of... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 lehte
..., CCCCVI. By your father's worth if yours you rate, Co! if your ancient but ignoble blood Has,crcpt through scoundrels ever since the flood; - Go! and...is young, Nor own your fathers have been fools so long1. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? — Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 358 lehte
...absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.— Addison. CCCCVI. <io! if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood; Nor own your fathers have been fools so long 1 . Go! and pretend your family is young, What can ennoble... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 lehte
...into sense ; Will, like a friend, familiarly conve The truest nolious in the easiest wa id. If thy ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, Go and complain thy family is young. Nor own thy fathers have been fools so long. Id. He was amazed how so... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 lehte
...Lucrece : But by your father's worth if yours you rate, Count me those only who were good and great. Go ! if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever sense the flood : Go ! and pretend your family is young, Nor own your fathers have been fool so long.... | |
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