| Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong roan after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : mcthinks I see her as an eagle muing... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : iut-thinks I see her as an eagle... | |
| William Godwin - 1814 - 342 pages
...turn to the. laughter of the empty, the frivolous and the brutish . It is in this sense Milton says, " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like the strong man [Samson] after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an... | |
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...therefore, is beyond the possibility of doubt. DK" ENGLISH WRITERS AMERICA. ENGLISH WRITERS AMERICA. " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methiiiks I see her as an eagle,... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - 1823 - 518 pages
...private rights of individuals.* * See note (E) at the end of the volume. K CHAP. XIII. PERSONAL LIBERTY. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; ni cthinks I see her as an eagle... | |
| George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methiuks I see her as an eagle, muing... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see, in my mind, a noble and puissant nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methiuks I see her as an eagle muing... | |
| William Jones - 1838 - 696 pages
...has been frequently quoted, but should never be omitted in any portraiture of this heroic age : — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking his invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing... | |
| John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after slee\), and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 pages
...glorious ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honorable in these latter ages. Methinks I see, in my mind, a noble and puissant nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : meihinks I see her as an eagle muing... | |
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