It is the land that freemen till, That sober-suited Freedom chose. The land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will ; A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom broadens slowly down From precedent... Friendly Sketches in America - Page 121by William Tallack - 1861 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1869 - 654 pages
...begins 'Love thou thy land with love far-brought;' and that which contains the well-known stanza: — 'A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent!' And there is a remarkable though rough vigour iu... | |
| 1869 - 384 pages
...expression. Mr. Tennyson's ideal for every country is England, and that is a blunder in politics : — " A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent. " That is an excellent verse; but it is nobler to... | |
| Afternoon lectures - 1869 - 378 pages
...expression. Mr. Tennyson's ideal for every country is England, and that is a blunder in politics : — " A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent." That is an excellent verse; but it is nobler to... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 pages
...sober-suited Freedom chose; the land, where girt with friends or foes a man may speak the thing he will; a land of settled government, a land of just and old...diffusive thought hath time and space to work and spread. quantum illa impéndeos cavet indefessa laboris, ut dulci crescant septa referta cibo. Me quoque sic... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will ; A land of settled goverument, A land of just and old renown, Where freedom broadens...diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread. Should banded unions persecute Opinion, and induce a time When single thought is civil crime, And individual... | |
| William Ewart Gladstone - 1870 - 384 pages
...Tennyson in his mouth, I should not have ventured to tread. My noble Friend described England as — "A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom broadens slowly down From precedent to precedent. — •" lines taken from the noble dedication and noble address of the Poet Laureate to the Queen.*... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - 1870 - 248 pages
...whole country, from one end to the other." — EAKL RUSSELL, English Government and Constitution. " A land of just and old renown, Where freedom broadens slowly down From precedent to precedent." — TENNYSON. f GENTLEMEN, — I intend to lecture to you to-night upon the office and prerogatives... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...sober-suited Freedom chose. The land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will ; A land of settled government, A land of just and old...diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread. Should banded unions persecute Opinion, and induce a time When single thought is civil crime, And individual... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 pages
...sober-suited Freedom chose. The land, where girt with friends or Госн A man may »peak the thing he will ; A land of settled government, A land of Just and old...Where faction seldom gathers head, But by degrees to fuluesa wrought, The strength of some diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread. Should... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1872 - 538 pages
...the words of our poet laureate, language not more poetical than true, our country is hailed as — " A land of settled government, A land of just and old...broadens slowly down From precedent to precedent." In this respect, England differs from almost every continental nation. To say nothing of France, which... | |
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