 | William Godwin - 1814 - 342 pages
...turn to the. laughter of the empty, the frivolous and the brutish . It is in this sense Milton says, " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like the strong man [Samson] after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 482 pages
...in a strong burst of eloquence, " a noble and puissant nation rousing herself, like the strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her, as an eagle, muing her mighty youth, and kindled her unthizzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Richard Esmond Comerford - 1817 - 152 pages
...only will not enforce, but will absolutely extinguish ? * "Methinks I see her, (the English Nation) "an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her...undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itTrain thou thine offspring, mew the generous brood,... | |
 | 1817 - 650 pages
...ages. Methinks I see, in my mind, a noble ami puissant nation rousing herself, like a stiong man alter sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle inning her mighty youth, and kindling her unduzzlcd eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1818 - 894 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks 1 see her as an eagle nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1818 - 890 pages
...Meihinks I see, in my mind, a noble puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after Bleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...on the prow of a ship. С To be continued.} S. ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA. * " Methinks I see in ray mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself,...an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her endazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam." MILTON on the Liberty of the Preis. IT is with feelings of... | |
 | 1827 - 684 pages
...prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honorable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in ray mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, musing her mighty youth, and kindling her dazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | 1819 - 572 pages
...zone Obeys thee Childe Harold, Canto iv. St. clxxix. Methinks I see her (England) as an eagle mueing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise... | |
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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... 
