 | Charles Leslie - 1723 - 186 pages
...Daniel de Foe, who certainly knew his own Scheme. To be as- free as Nature flrfl made Man, E'er the bate Laws of Servitude began. When wild in Woods the noble Savage ran. This is their wild Notion of an indefendent State of Nature. But the Vanity and Falfehood of this brutal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...many sentiments either or bulky, and many images either just or splendid :, I am as free as Mature first made man^. Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild ia woods the noble savapje ran. Tis 1-. ' . Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear... | |
 | 1819 - 550 pages
...ranting hero exclaim, in a tone which would fit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first marie man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble tavage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained freedom ever existed,... | |
 | 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 to prove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 972 pages
...; that \*,ftr those beings ttaa are cattle, and ΐθ 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,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...more contempt than I of breath, But whence hast thou the right to give me death? Obeyed as sovereign by thy subjects be, But know, that I alone am king...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...produced many sentiments either great 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 noble savage ran. 'Tis but because thu living death ne'er knew, They fear to pro\e it as a thing that's new : Let... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 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...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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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. 
