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" This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all. "
Cyclopędia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ... - Page 105
edited by - 1847
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Selection of Poems ...

Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatt'rers feed, Nor ruin make oppressor's great : Who God doth late and early pray, More of...freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to tail ; Lord of himself, tho' not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir licit ry ll'utton....
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The Sylvan Wanderer;: Consisting of a Series of Moral ..., Volumes 1-2

Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat : Whose state can neither flatterers...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. The poem which I shall next insert is not of equal merit: yet, as it gives a picture of the calmness...
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good : Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers...and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend : This man is freed from servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good ! Who hath his life from rumors freed, Whose conscierice is his Strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers...late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to fend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend ! This man is freed from servile...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45

England - 1839 - 894 pages
...ruin, make oppressors great. " Who God doth late and early pray. More of his grace than gifts to lead ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all." To Wotton, also, has been attributed, on the authority of a doubtful opinion expressed in Walton's...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...riiin make oppressors great. Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace then gifts to lead : And entertains the harmless day With a religious book,...though not of lands, And having nothing,, yet hath all. iutian jr.omior: WO. II. LECTURES ON THE BIBLE. n: ii UI . -^ A FAMILIAR acquaintance with the Holy...
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship

Jonathan Peele Dabney - Hymns, English - 1821 - 316 pages
...than gifts, to lend ; To crave for less and more obey, Nor dare with heav'n's high will contend. . This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise...though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all. 184. 8 & 6s. M. COTTON. Contentment. 1 LORD ! may we relish with content Whate'er thy lib'ral hand...
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Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives ..., Volumes 1-2

Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumour freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat, Whose state can neither flatterers...late and early pray., More of his grace than gifts to lead : And entertains the harmless day With a religious book, or friend. This man is freed from servile...
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The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ...

Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 490 pages
...but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumours freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retrrat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, — Nor,...though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. This worthy and accomplished gentleman died in the year 1639 } and is celebrated by Mr. Cowley, in...
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The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ...

Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 486 pages
...Nor, rules of state, but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumours freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers...religious book or friend This man is freed from servile bauds Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing,...
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