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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. "
Paul Jones : a Romance - Page 152
by Allan Cunningham - 1826
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A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire: Comprehending a General ...

J. T. Barber - Gwent (Wales) - 1803 - 436 pages
...concealed by fields of mist ; so that the uncultivated heights exhibited a scene as rugged as when " Nature first made man, " Ere the base laws of servitude...began, " And wild in woods the noble savage ran." We now took a farewel view of the Mynach 's glen, and quitted its interesting scenery with such sensations...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 54

1831 - 652 pages
...who realized Dryden's magnificent triplet — ' I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the vile laws of servitude began, And wild in woods the noble savage ran.' The transition from the woods, to the wilderness of opinions in which freedom so long missed her way...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...and the new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid: I am as free as Nature first made 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...
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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 laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran, Drjdm. Many words are used without articks; as, 1. Proper...
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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 laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Boab. Since, then. no power above your own you know, Mankind...
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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
...the new produced many sentiments either great 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 woods the noble savage ran. ^ — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They...
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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 of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.' In general society Burns often permitted his determination...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...and the new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear...
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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 laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 8

Europe - 1817 - 736 pages
...The poet, indeed, has made a ranting hero exclaim, in ft tone which would fit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woodi the noble savage ram But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and...
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