 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 408 pages
...it hurts with wit. WeconquerM France, but felt our captive's charms; Her arts victorious trinmph'd o'er our arms; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden tanght to join 1 The varying verse, the full-resounding... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808
...hurts with wit. We conqaer'd France, but felt our captive's charms ; Her arts victorious trinmph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden tan The varying verse, the full-resound The long majestic... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...it hurts with wit. We conquer'd France.butfelt our captive's charms; Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...hurts with wit. W e conquer'd France,but felt our captive's charms r Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth; but Drydeu taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1823
...the first James. " We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms, Her arts victorious, triumph'd o'er our arms ; Britain, to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learnt to flow; Tho' still some traces of our rustic vein. And splay-foot verse, remained, and will... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 562 pages
...hurts with wit. We eonquer'd Franee, but felt our eaptive's eharms ; Her arts vietorious triumph'd Daily devours apaee ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engine at the door, Stan leam'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 524 pages
...hurts with wit. We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms : Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn 'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Drydeu taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1827
...yet that competence and leisure quickly mitigated this severity, and the society of colonists became to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learned to flow. POSTSCRIPT. Since the foregoing pages were prepared for the press, I have had in my hands several copy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828
...it hurts with wit. We conqner'd France, but felt our captive's charms; Her arts victorious trkmph'd o'er our arms : Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dry den taught to join ie varying verse, the full resounding... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828
...yet that competence and leisure quickly mitigated this severity, and the society of colonists became to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learned to flow. Poshcript. — Since the foregoing pages were prepared for the press, I have had in my hands several... | |
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Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. 
