 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 Seiten
...perfons, who are too proud now, not only, to till the ground, but almofi: to tread upon it. We may talk what we pleafe of lilies, and lions rampant, and fpread-eagles,....dor or d'argent ; but, if heraldry were guided by reafon, a plough in a field arable would be the moft nobte and antient arms'. All thefe confiderations... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 Seiten
...perfons, who are too proud now, not only to till the ground, but almoft to tread upon it. We may talk what we pleafe of lilies, and lions rampant, and fpread-eagles in fields [?] Virg. JEn. i. 504, [r] Chap. vii. 1 5. F 5 far, «/V, or d'argent; but if heraldry were guided... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 Seiten
...perfons, who are too proud now, not only to till the ground, but ahrtoft to tread upon it. We may talk what we pleafe of lilies, and lions rampant, and fpread-eagles, in fields cfor or d'argent ; but, if heraldry were guided by reafon, a plough in a field arable would be the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 418 Seiten
...perfons, who are too proud now, not only to till the ground, but almoft to tread upon it. We may talk what we pleafe of lilies, and lions rampant, and fpreadeagles,...d'or or d'argent ; but, if heraldry were guided by reafon, a plough in a field arable would be the moft noble and ancient arms. All thefe confederations... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 520 Seiten
...perfons, who are too proud now, not only to till th'e ground, but almoft to tread upon it. We may talk what we pleafe of lilies, and lions rampant, and fpreadeagles, in fields d'or or d ' argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reafon, a plough in a field arable would be the moft noble... | |
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Behold the original and primitive nobility of all thofe great perfons, who are too proud now, not only to till the ground, but almoft to tread upon it. We may talk what we pleafe of lilies, and lions rampant, and fpreadeagles, in fields d'or or d'argent... 