 | John Corry - London (England) - 1809 - 236 pages
...Goldsmith has distinctly characterised this description of Englishmen in the following lines : — -A thoughtful band, ' By forms unfashion'd fresh from...— above controul. ' While e'en the peasant boasts those rights to scan, ' And learns to venerate himself as man." WELCHMEN. Most of the Welch residents... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...master's mind I > Siern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irreaularly great : e prattle of the purling rills Were heard the lowing henl- along the vale, Andflo ; 196 Inient on high designs a thoughtful'band, By forms, imfasliion <1 fresh from nature's hand ;... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...into his eye : " Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state. " With daring aims irregularly great, " Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, " I see the lords of humankind pass by, " Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, " By forms unfashion'd, fresh from... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...the master's miiid. Stern o'er each hosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregnlarly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of hnmao-kind pass hy; Intent on high designs, a thonghtfnl hand, By forms nnfashion'd, fresh from Natnre's... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...the master's mind! Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,. I see...hand,. Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True toimagin'd right. above control, While e'en the peasant boastsrthese rights to scan, And learns to... | |
 | Henry Kett - Best books - 1812 - 500 pages
...permanent and fixed. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims, irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashioned, fresh from nature's hand. Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, * True to imagin'd... | |
 | John Evans - English essays - 1812 - 234 pages
...work, which would have plai him in an eminent rank with the poets his age. T THE PONDERER. N«. 31. Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to...imagin'd right, above controul, While e'en the peasant boasls these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man ; Thine, freedom, thine the blessings... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 492 pages
...into his eye : " Stem o'er each bosom reason holds her state, " With daring aims irregularly great, " Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, " I see...hardiness of soul, " True to imagin'd right, above control, " While ev'n the peasant boasts these rights to scan, " And learns to venerate himself as... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 484 pages
...into his eye : " Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, ' With daring aims irregularly great, ' Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, ' I see...designs, a thoughtful band, ' By forms unfashion'd, fiesh from nature's hand; * Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, ' True to imagin'd right, above... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...holds her state t, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their part, defiance in< their eye, 1 see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high...unfashion'd fresh from Nature's hand, Fierce in their native hardness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights... | |
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Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by... 
