 | Books - 1840 - 852 pages
...v ii i: - puts into the mimik of one of the moit extracagant of heroes, that Tb li/ icould bef ree as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Noble and sieelling sentiment», lm I such as cannot be rei! n tat into practiee. Grand ideas, but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...great or bulky, and many images eithe just or splendid : * I am as free as Nature first made man, F.re the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods...savage ran. * — >Tis but because the Living death ne'e knew, They fear lo prove it as a thing that's new I et me the' experiment before you irj, I'll... | |
 | 1840 - 850 pages
...irhick DRTDES puts into the mouth of one of the most extravagant of heroes, that . They would bc f ree as nature first made man , . Ere the base .laws of servitude began, When wild in tooods the noble savage ran. Noble and twelling sentiment», Int/ stich as cannot be reduced into practice.... | |
 | 1841 - 742 pages
...with it. Eh 1 what ] Just listen to this, Jeremiah Woful,' and with a theatrical air he repeated, ' " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran !' That's John Dryden — one of his Almanzor flights; and I've heard Betterton roll and thunder It... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1842 - 334 pages
...of innocent looking paste-board, having in the centre a hole large enough for a blueCHAPTEK XIX. " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." DRYDEN. WE left the sun setting, or preparing to set; the willows looking at their pensile tresses... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American literature - 1842 - 266 pages
...extinguishing their destroyers. But return we to our herds feeding beside the still waters. CHAPTER XIX. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. DRYDEN. WHEN we miss our way in a labyrinth, — I have never attempted any thing in this line beyond... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1845 - 636 pages
...and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." SMHIBi^Sv/w 'tftiffsr,^. , . THE VAGRANT. 1 am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. THE CoNui'Ksr op GRENADA. JHELE Qucntin held the brief communication with the ladies, necessary to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 698 pages
...farther, and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Natere first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began. When wild in woods the noble savage ran. THE CONQUEST op GRENADA. Quentin held the brief communication with the ladies, necessary to assure... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1842 - 366 pages
...what ? just listen to this, Jeremiah Woful," and with a theatrical air, he repeated, ' 1 am as free us nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When, wild in woods the noble sarage ran '.' That's John Dryden — one of his Almanzor flights; and I've heard Betterton roll and... | |
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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. 
