Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Laokoon oder über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie ... ... Choros exercere, in Virgil, should be understood of the religious dances of old, because dancing, in the old Roman idea of it, was indecent even for men ...
... Shall we our servitude retain, Because our Sires have born the chain? Consider, friends, your strength ... ... . Gay läßt ihn sagen: Shall we our servitude retain Because our Sires have borne the chain? Bei dem Deutschen tut er ...