 | English literature - 1915 - 632 pages
...at the head of the government. Goldsmith describes the bearing of the Englishman of his day : — ' Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by.' Michelet found in England 'human pride personified in a people,' at a time when the characteristic... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...master's mind ; 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 humankind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...the master's mind; 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 humankind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...master's mind ; 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 humankind pass by , Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1823 - 572 pages
...We We extract the author's short description of Rouen, which is, on the whole, just and accurate. ' We proceeded without further adventure till we arrived...descended to the plain in which this city lies, is as beautiful of its kind as any scenery I can imagine. On reaching the bottom of the bill, Rouen is entered... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...never be supply'd." " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With during aims irregularly great: Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's hand; Fierce in... | |
 | 1823 - 500 pages
...beautifully says—. " 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 race pass by : Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By form unfashion'd, fresh from nature's... | |
 | English poetry, William Fordyce Mavor - 1823 - 502 pages
...the master's mind ! Stem 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 ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, I5y forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...the master's mind ! 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 ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's hand : Fierce... | |
 | F. Campbell - English poetry - 1824 - 440 pages
...the master's mind. 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 : Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's... | |
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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... 
