| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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