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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 mid-day beam... "
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 104, no. 4, 1960) - Page 408
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The Young lady's magazine

1838 - 468 pages
...arguing, much writing — many opinions : for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making ! Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth ; and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing...
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Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed ...

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...
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Ecclesiastical history, a course of lectures, Volume 3

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...
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Selections from the Works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, South ...

Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 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...an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her dazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam : purging and unscaling her long abused sight at the fountain...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 20

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...an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain...
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Selections from the works of Taylor, Hooker, Barrow [and others] by B. Montagu

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...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 7

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...an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

1839 - 256 pages
...on AMERICA. " Methinks I see in my mind a noble 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 endazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam." MILTON ON THE LIBERTY...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1839 - 764 pages
...nation rousing herself, like a ' strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Me' thinks I see her, as an eagle, muing her mighty youth, and ' kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging ' and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain...
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Duties of Young Men: Exhibited in Six Lectures; with an Anniversary Address ...

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Conduct of life - 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...an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing her longabused sight at the fountain...
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