 | John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...Learning worfe than Toad or Afpj When thou raught'ft Cambridge, and KingEdward XII. On the fame -[Greek. I did but prompt the Age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient Liberty, When ftrait a barbarous noife environs me Of Owls and Cuckoes, AlFes, Apes and Dogs. Aswhenthofe Hinds that... | |
 | John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...than Toad or Afp, When thou taught'ft Cambridge, and King Ed•unu-d Greek. SONNET XII. On the farm. I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient Liberty, When (trait a barbarous noife environs me Of Owls and Cuckoes, Afies, Apes and Dogs : As when thofe Hinds... | |
 | Thomas Gordon - Great Britain - 1751 - 398 pages
...complains of the ill Treatment he met with tor his free and generous Principles, in the following Manner : I did but prompt the Age to quit their Clogs By the known Rules of ancient Liberty, Whea When ftraight a barbarous Noifc invirons me Of Owls, and Cuckoes, Afles, Apes, and Dogs; But this... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...learning worfe than toad or afp, When thou taught 'ftCamb ridge, and kingEdward XII. (Greek. On the fame. I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the...ftraight a barbarous noife environs me Of owls and cuccoos, afles, apes and dogs: As when thofe hinds that were transform'd to frogs 5 Rail'd at Latona's... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...learning worfe than toad or afp, When thou taught'ft Cambridge, and kingEdward XII. (Greek. On thejame. I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the...ftraight a barbarous noife environs me Of owls and cuccoos, afles, apes and dogs: As when thofe hinds that were transform'd to frogs 5 Rail'd at Latona's... | |
 | Several Hands - 1768 - 612 pages
...leniiule. His ftyle however is pretty much of a piece with the paffage iiorn Milton, in his title-page. He did but prompt the age to quit their clogs, By the known rules of ancient liberty, When ilrait a barbarous noife environs him , Of owls and cuckoos, aiiu.-, apes and dogs. But that our Readers... | |
 | Brutus (pseud.) - 1774 - 342 pages
...fully fenfiblt ble of this, in the following lines, with which I iliall conclude : 1 ti ' ' •. ' s I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs, By the known 'rules of ancient liberty : When ftrajght a barbarous noife invirons me, Of owls, and cuckoos, idles. apes, and dogs : But this is got... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...which he received, in confequence of the publication of thefe differtations in defence of domellic liberty, that he complains in his twelfth Sonnet....CLOGS By the known rules of ancient liberty, When ih-ait a barbarous noife invirons me Of owls and cuccoos, afles, apes, and dogs, &c. And the preceding... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...worfe than toad or alp, [G reek. When thou tangh t'tt Cambridge, and -King Edward XII. On the fame. I DID but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When ftrait a barbarous noife environs me Of owls and cuecoos, afles, apes and dogs t As whenthofehindsthatweretransform'dto... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...toad or afp, When thou taught'ft Cambridge, and king Edward Greek. MILTON'S POEMS. XII. On the fame. I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When ftrait a barbarous noife environs me Of owls and cuckoos, afles, apes, and dogs: As when thofe hinds... | |
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I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs... 
