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" I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. "
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper - Page 472
edited by - 1819
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...pry. , ' wse lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so like sense 'twill serve. the turn as well?...grand and the new produced many sentiments either or bulky, and many images either just or splendid :, I am as free as Mature first made man^. • Ere...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...securely pry. These lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so like sense 'twill serve the turn as well ?...man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild ia woods the noble savage ran. — Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...; that \*,ftr those beings ttaa are cattle, and Аи use that is man. The is used in both numbers. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran, Drjdm. Many words are used without articks; as, 1. Proper names, as John, Alexander, Lon~ ginui, Aristarcbus,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 474 pages
...right to give me death? Obeyed as sovereign by thy subjects be, But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Boab. Since, then. no power above your own you know, Mankind should use you like a common foe ; You...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...securely pry. These lines have no meaning ; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis so like sense 'twill serve the turn as well ?...or bulky, and many images either just or splendid: J am as free as Nature first made man, -» Ere the base laws of servitude began, /• When wild in...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1810 - 438 pages
...of independence and a hatred of control amounting almost to the sublime rant of Almanzor. ' He was as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.' In general society Burns often permitted his determination of vindicating his personal dignity to hurry...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...securely pry. These lines have no meaning ; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis so like sense, 'twill serve the turn as well....or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : 1 am as free as Nature first made man, "J Kre the base laws of servitude hegan, > When wild in woods...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...These lines have no meaning ; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis so hke sense, 'twill serve the turn as well. This endeavour...or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : 1 am as free RS Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...securely pry. These lines have no meaning ; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis so like sense 'twill serve the turn as well ?...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 8

Europe - 1817 - 398 pages
...The poet, indeed, has made a ranting hero exclaim, in a tone which would lit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained freedom ever existed, except...
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