 | 1836 - 694 pages
...is, as a single example, that noble sentence familiar to every reader of English : " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, rearing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1836 - 676 pages
...the Church and the nation from their careless repose in fancied security. Already, " methinks I see, in my mind, a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pages
...nations fare the worse. what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 380 pages
...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 ; purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise... | |
 | 1838 - 488 pages
...objects of the people. On the aspect of such a period he thus expresses himself: — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself...: methinks I see her as an eagle, muing her mighty young, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day heam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
...there anticipated, in words of fire, the defeat of the sect of presbyterians : — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself,...invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...puissant nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methiuks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and...purging and unsealing her longabused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those... | |
 | 1838 - 468 pages
...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 rousing herself...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... | |
 | William Jones - 1838 - 696 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking his invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused light at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds,... | |
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... methinks 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 itself of heavenly radiance... 
