 ... seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men for the arguments of their poems, but whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate in all parts of disobedience and...  The Tribes of Ireland: A Satire - Page 19by Aengus O'Daly - 1852 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...in moral discipline, that they themselves do more deserve to be sharply disciplined, for they seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...the arguments of their poems ; but, whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 328 pages
...in moral discipline, that they themselves do more deserve to be sharply disciplined, for they seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...the arguments of their poems ; but, whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1827 - 426 pages
...in moral discipline, that themselves do more deserve to be sharply disciplined ; for they seldom | use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...the arguments of their poems; but whomsoever they find to he most licentious oí life, most ( bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous . and desperate... | |
 | Matteo Maria Boiardo - Italian poetry - 1830 - 458 pages
...praises of the good and virtuous, informs us that the bards, on the contrary, "seldom use to chuse into themselves the doings of good men for the arguments of their poems ; but whomsoever they find to be most licentious in life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...who sung the praises of the good and virtuous, informs us, that the bards, on the contrary, "seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...whomsoever they finde to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate in all partsof disobedience, and rebellious... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...men in moral discipline, that themselves do more deserve to be sharply disciplined ; for they seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...the arguments of their poems; but whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1838 - 412 pages
...men in moral discipline, that themselves do more deserve to be sharply disciplined ; for they seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...the arguments of their poems ; but whomsoever they find to bo most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...who snng the praises of the good and virtuous, informs us, that the bards, on the contrary, "seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...arguments of their poems ; — but whomsoever they Gnde to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...who sung the praises of the good and virtuous, informs us, that the bards, on the contrary, "seldom use to choose unto themselves the doings of good men...whomsoever they finde to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate in all partsof disobedience, and rebellious... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - Ireland - 1844 - 388 pages
...the author of the " Faery Queen" is not so eulogistic of his brother poets. "They seldom," he adds, "choose unto themselves the doings of good men for the arguments of their poems, but whomsoever they found to be most licentious of life, most bold and lawless in his doings, most dangerous and desperate... | |
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