 Forc'd him t' exert the king for common good, And pay our ransom with his daughter's blood. Never was cause more difficult to plead, Than where the judge against himself decreed: Yet this I won by dint of argument ; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent,...  Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book X-XV. The Epistles - Sida 86efter Ovid - 1833Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Dryden - 1713 - 614 sidor
...his Daughter's Blood. Never was Caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the Judge againft himfelf decreed : Yet this I won by dint of Argument ; The Wrongs his injur'd Brother underwent, And his own Office, fliam'd him to confent. The firft Encounter's paft,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 sidor
...his daughter's blood. Never was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge againft himfelf decreed: Yet this I won by dint of argument; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, lham'd him to confent. 'Twas harder yet to move the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 sidor
...his daughter's blood. Never was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge againft himfelf decreed: Yet this I won by dint of argument; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, mam'd him to confent. 'Twas harder yet to move the mother's... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 sidor
...daughter's blood. '> I J Never was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge ayainft himftlf decreed: Yet this I won by dint of argument ; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, fham'd him to confent. Twas harder yet to move the mother's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 sidor
...his daughter's blood. Never was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge againft himfelf decreed : Yet this I won by dint of argument ; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, (ham'd him to confent. 'Twas harder yet to move the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 sidor
...dint of argument ; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, mam'd him to confent. 'Twas harder. yet to move the mother's mind, And to this heavy tafk was I defign'd : Reafons againft her love I knew were vain : I circumvented whom I could not gain... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 362 sidor
...his daughter's blood. Never was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge againft himfelf decreed : Yet this I won by dint of argument; The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, fham'd him to confent. 'Twas harder yet to move the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 sidor
...his daughter's bluod. Mcfir was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge againfl liamfelf decreed : Yet this I won by dint of argument ; ") The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, > And his own office, fham'd him to confcnt. j 'Twas harder yet to move... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 sidor
...his daughter's blood. Never was caufe more difficult to plead, Than where the judge againft himfelf decreed : Yet this I won by dint of argument ; • •> The wrongs his injur'd brother underwent, And his own office, fham'd him to confent. J 'Twas harder yet to move the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 sidor
...soul ; Forced him to exert the king for common good, And pay our ransom with his daughter's blood. Never was cause more difficult to plead, Than where...underwent, > And his own office, shamed him to consent. ) Twas harder yet to move the mother's mind, And to this heavy task was I designed : Reasons against... | |
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