 | Charles Leslie - 1723 - 186 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so...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 - 954 էջ
...; that \*,ftr those beings ttaa are cattle, and Аи 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 էջ
...right to give me death? Obeyed as sovereign by thy subjects be, But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...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... | |
 | 1810 - 438 էջ
...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 էջ
...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...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 mi. thf experiment before... | |
 | 1817 - 398 էջ
...The poet, indeed, has made a ranting hero exclaim, in a tone which would lit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained freedom ever existed, except... | |
 | 1817 - 736 էջ
...The poet, indeed, has made a ranting hero exclaim, in ft tone which would fit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woodi the noble savage ram But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained... | |
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I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. 
