 | Robert Forsyth - Ethics - 1805 - 540 pages
...superiority of character. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock, perhaps, or herd had led ; He who the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green. Superiority being the general object of emulation, it is sought by individuals by such means as are... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...does oft those graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led. He that the world subdued ', had been But the best wrestler on tlie green. 'Tis art and knowledge which draw forth The hidden seeds of native worth : They blow those... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...docs oft those graces give. Oreat Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led : He ', that the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green. 'Tis art, and knowledge, which draw forth The hidden seeils of native worth :. They blow those sparks,... | |
 | Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 216 pages
...before enumerated. It is the circumstances only in which they are displayed, that make the difference. " He that the world subdued, had been " But the best wrestler on the green." There is no sense in the answer always made to this, " Are no men brave but boxers ?" Bravery is found... | |
 | William Windham, Thomas Amyot - Great Britain - 1812 - 454 pages
...before enumerated. It is the circumstances only in which they are displayed, that make the difference. " He that the world subdued, had been " But the best wrestler on the green." v There is no sense in the answer always made to this, " Are no men brave but boxers ?" Bravery is... | |
 | Horse racing - 1812 - 422 pages
...before enumerated. It is the circumstances only in which they are displayed that make the difference. He that the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green. There is no sense in the answer always made to this, ' Are no men brave but boxers?' Braveiy is found... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1818 - 728 pages
...enumerated. It is the circumstances only in which they are displayed, that make the difference. ' He thai the world subdued had been But the best wrestler on the green.' There is no sense in the answer always made to this, 'Are DO men brave but boxers .'' Bravery is found... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1819 - 812 pages
...proud to indulge ; and here I am ready to agree with the poet, that, in other circumstances, " Via Ihut the world subdued, had been " But the best wrestler...was thought matter of reproach for gentlemen to be présent at any of these athletic trials; and I even boxing was cried down as an exercise of ferocity.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...oft those graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led : He J, that the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green. 'Tis art, and knowledge, which draw forth The hidden seeds of native worth : They blow those sparks,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...does oft those graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led : He *, that the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green. 'Tis art, and knowledge, which draw forth The hidden seeds of native worth : They blow those sparks,... | |
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Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led : He *, that the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green. 
