| William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...ipposed to be written by ALEXANDER SELKIRK, daring hii solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...fowl and the brute. O Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during kin solitary aboZe in the Island of Juan Fernandez* 1. I am monarch of all I survey, *• My right there...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face I, . Better dwell in the midst... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...Supposed to be written ly Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 2.I am out of humanity's reach; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms, I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech;... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 268 pages
...written by Alexander Selkirk, during his v •• solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. _ I .AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, i .», I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! whera are the charms, ., That sages have seen... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pages
...supposed to be. written by AlexmidKr Selkirk, durjng his solitary abode in the tsland-of Juan Fernandez. 1 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to dispute.; From the centre all round to the sea, lam lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1826 - 184 pages
...AltniiK IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ,; IN WlllCH Hi: HAD LIVKD t)'JITf: ALONE, UPWARDS OF FOUtt YEARS. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to tho sea, 1 am lord of tho fowl and the bruta. Oh, Solitude ! where are the charm* . That sages hava... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 pages
...have teen written by Alexander .Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face 1 Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 604 pages
...quote, as pourtraying, with the skill of a master, a hopeless condition of dreary independence : ' I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O, Solitude t where are the charms That sages have scen in thy face t Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...the foregoing rules, require the s inflection, must, in poetry, adopt the same inflection. EXAMPLES. I am monarch of all I survey*, My right there is none...to the sea', I am lord of the fowl and the brute*. Can you discern another's mind' ? Why is't you envy* ? Envy's blind*. i Tell envy', when she would... | |
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