 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 562 halaman
...empty title, which only emblazons his disgrace. " Could but our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend...They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, And then disown the vile degenerate race ; For fame of families is all a cheat, TlS PERS'SAL V u; li I... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 556 halaman
...build on their past actions, not our own ; They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, . And then disown the vile degenerate race; For fame of families is all a cheat, 'Tis PERS'NAL VCHTUE ONLY MAKES us GREAT." The keenness of our author's satire brought upon him a host of... | |
 | 1831 - 542 halaman
...new made noblemen," &«. He thus finishes : — " Could but our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend...They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, And then disown the vile degenerate race ; For fame of families is all a cheat, ' Tis pers'ual virtue only... | |
 | 1831 - 550 halaman
...our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend for hirth and names unknown, And build on their past actions,...They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, And then disown the vile degenerate race ; For fame of families is all a cheat, "Tis pers'nal virtue only... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1835 - 20 halaman
...ancestors retrieve their fate, And sec their offspring thus degenerate ; Haw we contend for births and names unknown, And build on their past actions,...not our own. They'd cancel records, and their tombs délace, And openly disown the vile degen'rate race ; For fame of families is all a cheat : 'Tis personal... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1836 - 48 halaman
...ancestors retrieve their fate, And set their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend for births and names unknown, And build on their past actions,...and their tombs deface, And openly disown the vile degen'rate race ; For fame of families is all a cheat ; Tie pers'nal virtue only makes us great. A.... | |
 | Juvenal - 1839 - 570 halaman
...build on others' actions, not their own, They'd bum their titles, and their tombs deface, And disavow the vile, degenerate race : For fame of families is...cheat, 'Tis personal virtue only, makes us great;" De Foe, quoted from memory. G. 19. Atrinque immodicis arctat imagiuibiis; Mart. II. xc. 6. LU. non... | |
 | Juvenal - 1839 - 572 halaman
...build on others' actions, not their own. They'd burn their titles, and their tombs deface, And disavow the vile, degenerate race : For fame of families is all a cheat, "I'i-. personal virtue only, makes us great;" De Foe, quoted from memory. G. 19. Atriaqug immodicis... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, George Chalmers - 1841 - 406 halaman
...imitation set, Yet all men follow virtue with regret. Could but our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate; How we contend...degenerate race : For fame of families is all a cheat, It's personal virtue only makes us great. FINIS. OXFORD : PRINTED BT DA TALBOTI. r: ... | |
 | 1851 - 854 halaman
...most fatal grow, For vice would be hereditary too. Could but our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend for birth and names unknown, And build on their great actions, not our own; They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, And openly disown the vile... | |
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Cou'd but our Ancestors retrieve their Fate, And see their Off-spring thus Degenerate; How we contend for Birth and Names unknown, And Build on their past Actions, not our own; They'd Cancel Records, and their Tombs Deface, And openly disown the Vile... 
