The free born English generous and wise
- DMI number:
- 3648
- First Line:
- The free born English generous and wise
- Last Line:
- To have enslaved but made this isle their friend
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history[Tacitus], History[Roman / Norman conquests], Liberty, Social order, Politics[moderate English constitution; tyranny.], and The law
- Author:
- Robert Wolseley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Gillespie and Hopkins (2008) I: cxviii.
- Translated from:
- Tacitus
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'In Allusion to' Tacitus.
- First Line:
- The free-born English generous and wise
- Last Line:
- They scorn your tories' swords and Jesuits' wit
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems on state affairs, several never before printed [T114980]
- Page No(s):
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
- Page No(s):
- p. 131
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 140-1
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muses farewel to popery & slavery [ESTC R23130]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 37-8
- Poem Title:
- A Character of Old England, in Allu-sion to a Piece of Tacitus de Vita | Agricolae.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muses farewel to popery and slavery [ESTC R19207]
- Page No(s):
- pp.52-53
- Poem Title:
- A Character of Old England, In Allusion to a Piece of Tacitus de Vita Agricolae.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [T93622] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.138-139
- Poem Title:
- A character Of The English.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Wolsey, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Wolseley
- Title:
- The first part of miscellany poems [N6906]
- Page No(s):
- p.268
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Wolseley
- Attributed To:
- Robert Wolseley
- Title:
- The first part of miscellany poems [T117014] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.259
- Poem Title:
- A Character of the English. In Allusion to Tacit. de Vit. Agric.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Wolseley.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Wolseley
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