| James Boswell - 1786 - 552 lehte
...character of the British nation, which he did with such energy, that the tear started into his eye : — 'Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...native 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 man.'... | |
| John Bell - 1789 - 416 lehte
...ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound my genius spreads her wing, And...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
| John Bell - 1789 - 202 lehte
...great, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent OB high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd,...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
| John Bell - 1789 - 396 lehte
...by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's hand ; 3 5^ Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
| 1793 - 204 lehte
...state, With daring aims irregularly great, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lurds of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right above control ; While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 lehte
...fam'd Hydaspis glide; There all around the gentlest breezes stray, There gentle music melts on ev'ry spray; Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd,...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control ; While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 lehte
...breezes stray, There gentle musick melts on every spray; Creation's mildest charms are there combined ; Extremes are only in the master's mind ; Stern o'er...Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagined right, above control ; While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate... | |
| Henry Redhead Yorke - 1804 - 416 lehte
...unknown and unseen at present, in the Republic, but the pride and glory of Great Britain and America. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above controul ; \\hile e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man. The members... | |
| John Corry - 1804 - 230 lehte
...characterised this description of Englishmen in the following lines :— ———-A thoughtful band, By fonns unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's hand ! Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to iougin'd right — aboye controul. While e'en the peasant boasts those rights to scan, And learns to... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 lehte
...fam'd Hydaspis glide : There all around the gentlest breezes stray, There gentle music melts on ev'ry spray; Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd,...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
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