 | William Combe - 1828 - 346 страници
...All this, good Sir, is pretty reas'ning, And to the subject gives a seas'ning ; But my old taste and and ancient pride Thus argues on the other side. "...grandsires' honours shine In holy wars of Palestine ; Or, in their glitt'ring armour steel'd, Wav'd the bright sword in Cressy's field, Should still with ancient... | |
 | William Combe - 1874 - 434 страници
...should be the aim Of families of ancient name, Never, from fashion, to transfer Their long establish'd character ; Nor e'er blot from th' historic eye, One...grandsires' honours shine In holy wars of Palestine ; Or, in their glitt'ring armour steel'd, Wav'd the bright sword in Cressy's field, Should still with ancient... | |
 | Walter Debenham Sweeting, John Taylor - 1886 - 358 страници
...consult such of these as time has spared. AIINOI-D, Modern History, Lecture i. PAET VII.— JULY, 1885. I think that it should be the aim Of families of ancient...name, Never, from fashion, to transfer Their long establish' d character; Nor e'er blot from th' historic eye, One page that tells their ancestry. CoJ1nn,... | |
 | William Combe - 1903 - 328 страници
...should be the aim Of families of ancient name, Never, from fashion, to transfer Their long establish'd character ; Nor e'er blot from th' historic eye, One...grandsires' honours shine In holy wars of Palestine ; Or, in their glitt'ring armour steel'd, Wav'd the bright sword in Cressy's field, Should still with ancient... | |
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To grace the intervals below. — All this, good Sir, is pretty reas'ning, And to the subject gives a seas'ning; But my old taste and ancient pride Thus argues on the other side. " I think that it should be the aim Of families of ancient name, Never,... 