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 midday beam... The Sketch Book - Seite 47von Washington Irving - 1894 - 423 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 Seiten
...their orbs, bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evening or morning? " 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... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 Seiten
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong roan after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : mcthinks I see her as an... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 534 Seiten
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : iut-thinks I see her as an... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 470 Seiten
...of truth and " prosperous virtue, destined to become great anoj " honourable in these latter ages. 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... | |
| James Ridgway - 1813 - 470 Seiten
...ways of truth and " prosperous virtue, destined to become great and " honourable in these latter ages. 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... | |
| William Godwin - 1814 - 342 Seiten
...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... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 Seiten
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 Seiten
...therefore, is beyond the possibility of doubt. " DK" ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA. VOL. I. ENGLISH WRITERS OH AMERICA. " 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... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - 1821 - 342 Seiten
...hard to possess and exercise. f See note (F) at the end of the volume. CHAP. XIII. PERSONAL LIBERTY. 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... | |
| 1824 - 408 Seiten
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. 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... | |
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