 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 muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...  The Life of John Milton - Page 254by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 470 pages
...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...the full mid-day beam; purging '' and unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun" tain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole " noise of timorous... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...ages. Methinks I see, <e in my mind, a noble and puissant nation rousing " herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking " her invincible locks :...the full mid-day beam; purging " and unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun~ " tain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole " noise of timorous... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousting 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 cndazzlcd eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing... | |
 | James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 470 pages
...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...the full mid-day beam; purging " and unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun" tain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole " noise of timorous... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 634 pages
...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 eagle mu* ing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at " the full mid day beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | William Godwin - Gods, Greek - 1814 - 342 pages
...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 eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam: purging and unsealing... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Bible - 1816 - 482 pages
...and honourable in these latter days " — " Methinks I see in my mnid," exclaims this enthusiastic advocate of freedom in a strong burst of eloquence,...see her, as an eagle, muing her mighty youth, and kindled her unthizzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at... | |
 | Richard Esmond Comerford - 1817 - 152 pages
...enforce, but will absolutely extinguish ? * "Methinks I see her, (the English Nation) "an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itTrain thou thine offspring, mew the generous brood, The future guardians of the Nations' good ; To... | |
 | Trials - 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 - Authors, English - 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...the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
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