 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...the Muses' steed, Restrain his fury than provoke his speed; '5 The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course....discover'd, not devis'd, Are Nature still, but Nature rnethodiz'd: Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd 90 By the same laws which first herself ordain'd.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...the Muses' steed, Restrain his fury than provoke his speed : 85 The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course....but Nature methodiz'd : Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd 90 By the same laws which first herself ordain'd. Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...steed j Hestrain his fury, than provoke his speed; The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shews most true mettle when you check his course. Those...but Nature methodiz'd; Nature, like Liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd. Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...MEROPE and MAHOMET, or the History of Louis XIV. or CHARLES XII. would alone have immortalized. # 7. Those rules of old, discover'd, not devis'd, Are nature...but nature methodiz'd : Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd.* The precepts of the art of poesy were posterior... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...la son persuade aussi-bien que le sens. ensuite en préceptes ce que le génie leur avait inspiré. Those rules of old discover'd, not devis'd, Are nature still, but nature methodiz'd. Hear how learn'd Greecè her useful rules indites, When to repress, and when indulge our flights ;... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...History of Louis XIV. or CHARLES XH would alone have immortalized. 7. Those rules of old, discovert, not devis'd, Are nature still, but nature methodiz'd : Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd.* . The precepts of the art of poesy were... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...persuade aussi-bien que le sens. ensuite en préceptes ce que le génie leur avait inspiré. Thpse rules of old discover'd, not devis'd, Are nature still , but nature methodiz'd. Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , "When to repress , and when indulge our flights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...spur the Muses' steed, Itcstraiu his fury than provoke his speed ; The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course....of old, discover'd not devis'd. Are nature still, hut nature methodia'd : Nature, like liherty, is hut restrain'd By the same laws which first herself... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...spur theTVluses' steed, Restrain his fury than provoke his speed : The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course....discover'd not devis'd, Are nature still, but nature methodis'd : Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...the muse's steed ; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed; The winged courser, like a generous h Shows most true mettle when you check his course....discover'd, not devis'd, Are nature still, but nature methodia'd: Mature, like liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd.... | |
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Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed: The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course. 
