 | 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... | |
 | 1839 - 798 pages
...famous English prose work, the Areopagitica, must have been known to nil readers of our language : ' Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...harvest ; there need not be five weeks had we but eyes to lift up, the fields are white already. REFORM. METHINKS I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her dazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam : purging and unscaling... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...need not be five weeks had we but eyes to lift up, the fields are white already. REFORM. METIIINKS I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle miring her mighty youth, and kindling her dazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam: purging and unsealing... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 584 pages
...these emphatic terms: " Methinks I see a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance... | |
 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 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...an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, — purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1840 - 224 pages
...Milton be as a prophecy, to which she shall answer as the accomplishment—" Methinks," says he, " I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing...her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 pages
...none—' rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks! 1 —I would 'see her, as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam/ yea! spreading forth to the four winds of heaven her long-abused... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 pages
...herself, 38 CROMWELL. like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks!' — I would 'see her, as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam,' yea ! spreading forth to the four winds of heaven her long-abused... | |
 | 1847 - 662 pages
...unworthy sentiment that we utter these harsh truths ; for, to speak in Milton's sonorous voice, " Mcthinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing...as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling their undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing their long-abused sight at the... | |
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Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam... 
