...still flies before him," &c. Again in speaking of the Dutch — " Heavens! how unlike their Belgiac sires of old, Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold; War in each breast and freedom on each brow." In the manuscript introduction to the History of the War, he concludes a passage on the supposed degeneracy...

...still flies before him," &c. Again in speaking of the Dutch — " Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old, Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast and freedom on each brow." In the manuscript introduction to the History of the War, he concludes a passage on the supposed degeneracy...

...muse, Stay, and read where you're able, and sleep where you choose. VOL. I.— R BOOK V. CHAPTER I. " My genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring. ****** Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, 1 see the lords of human kinrl pass by, Intent on...

...servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide, There...

...to/servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens! how unlike their Belgic L6, Where lawns eilend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide ; There...

...children were sold by their parents for a certain number of years. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, 15 And flies where Britain courts the western spring...

...land of tyrants, and a den of' slaves.' Cit. of the World, ip 147. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! ~- Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, lsAnd flies where Britain courts the western spring;...

...servitude conform, Dull as their hikes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold...And flies where Britain courts the western spring]; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes • p. S'ide...

...servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide, There...

...servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens! how unlike their Belgic er 1 Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring;...