 Or, stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil, And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was the life the frugal Sabines led; So Remus and his brother god were bred: From whom th' austere Etrurian virtue rose, And this rude life our homely fathers...  The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's Virgil - Page 143by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pages
...his bow, and levels with his eyes. Or, stripped for wrestling, amears his limbs with oil, And watohes with a trip his foe to foil. Such was the life the frugal Sabines led ; )-H) Remus and his brother-god were bred : From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose ; And this... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...levels with his eyes. Or, stripped for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil, And watches with a trip hi- ger storms at large ; or, pale And silent, brother-god were bred : From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose ; And this rude life our homely... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes : Or, stript for wrestling, smears his limbs v. Kh oil. And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was...the frugal Sabines led : So Remus and his brother king were bred : From whom Hi' austere Etrunan virtue rose : And this rude life our homely fathers... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 pages
...his how, and levels *ith his eyes. Or, stript for wrestling, smears his limhs with oil, And watehes, with a trip, his foe to foil. Such was the life the frugal Sahines led So Remus and his hrother god were hred, From whom th' austere Etruriin virtue rose ; And... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 pages
...defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes : Or stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil, And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was...the frugal Sabines led ; So Remus and his brother king were bred ; From whom th' austere Etrurian virtue rose ; And this rude life our homely fathers... | |
 | 1871 - 630 pages
...sweetness of the ripened fruit is not the less delicious for the austerity of its cruder state." " Such was the life the frugal Sabines led. So Remus and his brother god were bred, From whom th' austere Etrurian virtue rose, And this rude life our homely fathers chose." Dryden. Strictness, severity,... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1890 - 802 pages
...Austerity shuns luxury and social enjoyment, and courtsself-mortification, and preaches this to others. " Such was the life the frugal Sabines led ; So Remus and his brother God were bred. From whom th'nustere Etrurian virtue rose; And t hie rude life our homely fathers chose." DRYDEN. or painful... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 476 pages
...And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes : Or, stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oi , And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was...the frugal Sabines led ; So Remus and his brother king were bred, From whom th' austere Etrurian virtue rose ; And this rude life our homely fathers... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes; Or, stripp'd for wrestling, smears his liml with oil, And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was...Remus and his brother god were bred, From whom th" austere Etrurian virtue rose ; And this rude life our homely fathers chose. Old Rome from such a race... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...And bends bis bow, and levels- with his eyes; Or, stripp'd for wrestling, smear« hie limbs with oil, And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Such was the life the frugal Sabines led ; So Remus and bis brother god were bred, From whom th' austere Etrurian virtue rose ; And this rude life our homely... | |
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