...was warm and constant, and he is said to have wept while repeating the noble lines upon England. " Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With...their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashioned, fresh from Nature's...

...one of his flatterers has drawn of him in lines as striking as, in his opinion, they are correct— " Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by"— would only suspect that he is not altogether an impeccable personage, it would doubtless be better...

...port, defiance in their eye :" — which on further consideration is more judiciously arranged — " Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by." In a few passages, thoughts are repeated which particularly pleased him in prose, and were thought...

...choose, CHARTER J. "My genius spreads her WHIR , And flies where Britain courts the western spring Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, lntenl on high designs." GOLDSMITH. WITH what a proud and exciting feeling an Englishman ought lo enter...

...one of his flatterers has drawn of him in lines as striking as, in his opinion, they are correct— "Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by"— would only suspect that he is not altogether an impeccable personage, it would doubtless be better...

...tepor alit. — In tantd deris inditlgentid Britannicus agcr omnis generis semina facile concepit.' — Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, &c. ' Jam spontanea felicitas securum et opulentium vulgus non modico tnmore sustollit, nt neque pro...

...alit. — In tantd tieris indulgentid firitaunicus ager omnis generis semina facile concepit.' — Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human 1iind pass by, &c. 'Jam spontanea felicitas securum et opulentium vulgus non modico tnmore sustollit,...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is — " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye:"— which on further...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is— " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye :"— which on further...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is — " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye : "— which on further...