 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...there combin'd, Extremes are only in the mafter's mind : Stern o'er each bofom reafon holds her ftate, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I fee the lords of human kind pafs by, Intent on high defigns, a thoughtful band, By forms unfalhion'd,... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great; Pride Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...hardiness of soul,. True to imagin'd right, above controul, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd, Extremes aVe only in the master's mind ; Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly...Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfoshion'd, fresh from Nature's hand, Fierce in tbeir native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...British nation, which he did with such energy, that the tear started into his eye : " Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state. " With daring aims irregularly...port, defiance in their eye, " I see the lords of humankind pass by, " Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, " By forms unfashion'd, fresh from... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd, Extremes are only in the master's mind ; Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great : Pride in their port, defiance hi their eye, I see tin; lords of human kind pass by ; Intenton high designs, a thoughtful band, By... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...only in the master's miiid. Stern o'er each hosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregnlarly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of hnmao-kind pass hy; Intent on high designs, a thonghtfnl hand, By forms nnfashion'd, fresh from Natnre's... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd, Extremes are only in the master's mind! Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly...hand,. Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True toimagin'd right. above control, While e'en the peasant boastsrthese rights to scan, And learns to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...Creation's mildest charms are there combin'd, Extremes are only in the master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly...hardiness- of soul, True to imagin'd right, above controul, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.... | |
 | Henry Kett - Best books - 1812 - 500 pages
...action, .like those of their government and their religion,, are permanent and fixed. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims, irregularly...Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashioned, fresh from nature's hand. Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, * True to imagin'd... | |
 | John Evans - English essays - 1812 - 234 pages
...work, which would have plai him in an eminent rank with the poets his age. T THE PONDERER. N«. 31. Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above controul, While e'en the peasant boasls these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man... | |
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Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by... 
