 | Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...Delight lurveys the glitt'ring Spears, > And covetous of War, upbraids the Coward's Fears. Bl*cJ • Freed from his Keepers thus, with broken Reins, The...Or in the Pride of Youth o'er-leaps the Mounds, And fnufFsrhe Females in forbidden Grounds: Orfeeks his Wat'ring in the well-known Flood, To quench his... | |
 | Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...Ground : Fire from his Ej'es, Clouds from his Noftrils flow \ He bears his Rider headlong on the Foe. Freed from his Keepers thus, with broken Reins, The...Or in the Pride of Youth o'er-leaps the Mounds, And fnufls- the Females iu forbidden Grounds ; Or feekshis Wat'ring in the well-known Flood, To quench... | |
 | Virgil - 1721 - 408 pages
...Tow'r defcends. 740 Exulting in his Strength, he teems to dare His abfent Rival, and to promife War. Freed from his Keepers, thus with broken Reins,' The...Plains : Or in the Pride of Youth o'erleaps the Mounds; 74.5' And fnurFs the Females in forbidden Grounds. Or feeks his wat'ring in the well-known Flood, To... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1734 - 382 pages
...deviated lefs from Homer, than' Mr. Dryden hath from himfreed from bis Keepers, thus with Iroken Reinr,. The wanton Courfer prances o'er the Plains; Or in the Pride of Youth e'er leaps the Mtunds, And fnujfi the females in forbidden Grounds : Or feeks his If airing in the... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...equarutu : arrcilifque f remit cei'vicibus alte Luxuriant, luduntque lubee per col/a, per armos. V!RG. Freed from his keepers, thus with broken reins, The...mounds, And fnufFs the females in forbidden grounds. ; O'er his fhoulders ftows his waving mane : - He neighs, he fnorts, he bears his head on high. DRYDEN.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 398 pages
...towtr defcends. 740 Exulting in his ftrength, he feems to dare His abfent rival, and to promife war. Freed from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, The...fnuffs the females in forbidden grounds. Or feeks his watering in the well-known flood, To quench his thirft, and cool his fiery blood : H<- fwims luxuriant... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 384 pages
...tower defcends. 740 Exulting in his ftrength, he feems to dare His abicnt r:val, and to promife war. ' Freed from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, The...Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the mounds: And muffs'the females in forbidden grounds. Or feeks his watering in the well-known flood, To quench his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...defcends. 740 Kxulting in his ftrength, he feems to dare His abfent rival, and to promife war. I'-:xtd from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, 'The wanton courfer prances o'er the plains : Or in the pr:de of youth o'erleaps the mounds < And fnufl's the females in forbidden grounds. Or fecks h:s watering... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...the mighty Fingal , the tale of freed from his keepers , thus with broken reins , The wanton courier prances o'er the plains -, Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the mounds , . And (n ufts the females in forbidden grounds. O'er his shoulders flows his waving mane : He neighs , he... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...the diftant plain, And fprings exulting, to his fields again. POPE'S HOMER, Iliad VI. Line 506. 743 Freed from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, The...prances o'er the plains ; Or in the pride of youth o'erlays the mounifs, And fnuffs the females in forbidden grounds : Or feeks his wat'ring in the well-known... | |
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Freed from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, The wanton courser prances o'er the plains, Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the mounds, And snuffs the females in forbidden grounds. Or seeks his wat'ring in the... 
