 | Sir Charles Hanbury Williams - English literature - 1822 - 294 pages
...thy subjects be, But know that I alone am king of me ; I am as free as Nature first made man, E'er the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. This he vomited out with the utmost convulsions of rant and fury. — " As I take it," said Sir Richard,... | |
 | Sir Charles Hanbury Williams - English literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...thy subjects be, But know that I alone am king of me ; I am as free as Nature first made man, E'er the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. This he vomited out with the utmost convulsions of rant and fury. — " As I take it," said Sir Richard,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 580 pages
...of the .most .extravagant of his heroes, that, .v . , ,j . . ,., i .. • : • •' "They would be free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, \Vhea wild in wpods the noble savage ran." Noble and swelling sentiments'! — but such as cannot be... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1823 - 328 pages
...with him further, and endeavour to ascertain now far he is to be trusted." " CHAPTER VI. THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. The Conquest of Grenada. WHILE Quentin held the brief communication with the ladies necessary to assure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 484 pages
...great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man, J Ere the base laws of servitude began, > When wild in woods the noble savage ran. 3 — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that 's new :... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 652 pages
...great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man, 1 Kiv the base laws of servitude began, > When wild in woods the noble savage ran. j — -'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew. They fear to prove it as a thing that 's new :... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1823 - 348 pages
...with him further, and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." CHAPTER VI. THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base lavs of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. The Canguest of Grenada. • WHILE... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1824 - 498 pages
...discourse with him further, and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." CHAP. II. THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. The Conquett of Grenada. WHII<E Quentin held the brief communication with the ladies, necessary to... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - American literature - 1824 - 264 pages
...witnessess proved the plaintiff's goese to have been missing. In the pure state of nature, though, " Ere the base laws of servitude began, " When wild in woods the noble savage ran," this corruption of manners was not known among the feathered race — polygamy and incontinence were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Great Britain - 1825 - 508 pages
...neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. — "I'i- but because the living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it, as a thing that's new : Let... | |
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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. 
