 Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...  The Defender - Page 701855Full view - About this book
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1836 - 676 pages
...they may wake up the Church and the nation from their careless repose in fancied security. Already, " methinks I see, in my mind, a noble and puissant nation,...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages.l Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...AMERICA. •'- Methinks I see in my mind a noble puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her endazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam." MILTON ON THE LIBERTY... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 380 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise... | |
 | 1838 - 488 pages
...of the first objects of the people. On the aspect of such a period he thus expresses himself: — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation,...: methinks I see her as an eagle, muing her mighty young, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day heam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused... | |
 | 1838 - 468 pages
...arguing, much writing — many opinions : for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making ! Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth ; and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
..."Areopagitica,'' and there anticipated, in words of fire, the defeat of the sect of presbyterians : — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see, in my mind, a noble and puissant nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methiuks I see her as an eagle muing... | |
 | William Jones - 1838 - 696 pages
...has been frequently quoted, but should never be omitted in any portraiture of this heroic age : — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking his invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing... | |
 | 1839 - 798 pages
...famous English prose work, the Areopagitica, must have been known to nil readers of our language : ' Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of hearenly radiance.' &c. &c. ; and yet here we find Warburton... | |
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