| Great Britain. Parliament - 1793 - 740 pages
...alone can conduce to the ftrength and fafety of a ftate. , t What conftitutes a ftate ? Not high-raifed battlement or laboured mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with fpires and turrets crown'd ; . Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the ftorm, proud... | |
| John Bell - 1794 - 574 pages
...0-w£ff ALC. quoted by ABISTIDES. \VHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-rais'd battlements, or labour'd mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
| William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 pages
...generous, and that alone could conduce to the strength and safety of a state — What constitutes a state f Not high-raised battlement or laboured mound, Thick...moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where laughing at the storm, proud navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
| Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...TJ I l'X ALC, quoted by AHISTIDES. WHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-raised battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
| Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 pages
...beautifully and nobly expressed*." What constitutes a state ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
| 1808 - 540 pages
...strength and safety of a state. « What constitutes a state ? " Not high rais'd battlement or labored mound, " Thick wall, or moated gate ; " Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; " Not bays and broad-armed ports, " Where laughing at the storm proud mavies ride ; u Not... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...IMITATION OF ALCJEUS. [SIR w. JONES.] WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd, Not starM and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. NO:—MEN,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 764 pages
...ffu^wt Ale. quoted by Aristide». WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high rais'd battlement or labor'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and bruad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr*d... | |
| William Haygarth - 1814 - 342 pages
...aK<?fff, Al?I»f fl-K^flV HJOTtf, xai " What coDstitutes a state ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd, Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1817 - 856 pages
...and that alone could conduce to the strength and safety of a state— What constitutes a state ? Kot high-raised battlement or laboured mound, Thick wall...moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where laughing at the slonn, proud navies ride; Not starr'd... | |
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