 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 σελίδες
...character of the British nation, which he did with such energy, that the tear started into his eye : — 'Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 σελίδες
...every spray ; Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd. Extremes are only in the master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port. defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 σελίδες
...daring aims irregularly great, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band,...Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 σελίδες
...great, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent OB high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd,...Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate... | |
 | 1793 - 204 σελίδες
...every spray ; Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd. Extremes are only in the master's mind. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lurds of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 σελίδες
...spray; Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd, Extremes are only in the master's mind ; •' Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
 | Henry Redhead Yorke - 1804 - 416 σελίδες
...unknown and unseen at present, in the Republic, but the pride and glory of Great Britain and America. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 σελίδες
...every spray; Creation's mildest charms are there combined ; Extremes are only in the master's mind ; Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd fresh from nature's... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 σελίδες
...their principles of action, like those of their government and their religion, are permanent and fixed. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent OB high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashioned, fresh from nature's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 σελίδες
...ev'ry spray; Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd, Extremes are only in the master's mind ; Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
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