 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 ページ
...King BoabdaUin— • Obeyed as sovereign by thy subjects be, But know that I alone am king of me: I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.' Candiope, in ' The Maiden Queen,' describes the retired courtier longing to return to court— •... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 ページ
...virtue, Displays distinguish'd merit, is a NOBLE Of Nature's own creating. — THOMSON, tJoriolanut. — I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the NOBLE savage ran. DRYDEN, The Conquett of Granada. Norval — My name is NORVAL ; on the Grampian hills My father feeds... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 ページ
...say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, — '"Tis so like sense 'twill serve the turn as well?' This endeavour after the grand and the new produced...death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll shew you first how easy 'tis to die. — There... | |
 | Young people - 1879 - 348 ページ
...passed into such common use as to become hackneyed. The following will be easily recognised : — " I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." And again — " True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, But right before there is no precipice... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1880 - 390 ページ
...disdain, t<^ which the self-conceit of the worthy commander rendered him totally insensible. CHAPTER XXII. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Conquest of Granada. THE Earl of Menteith, as he had undertaken, so he proceeded to investigate more... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1889 - 1080 ページ
...him further, and endeavor to ascertain how far he is to be trusted" CHAPTER SIXTEENTH. THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. THE CONQUEST OF GRENADA. WHILE Quentin held the brief communication with th1 ladles, necessary to assure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 570 ページ
...not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis so like sense 'twill serve the turn as well ? This endeavour after the grand and the new, produced...death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll show you first how easy 'tis to die. — There... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 ページ
...She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. y. DBASE — Tlie American Flay. I am as free as Nature first made man. Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. A. DBYDEN — Conquest of Uranatla. Act I. Sc. 1. My angel,— his name is Freedom, — Choose him... | |
 | James Monaco - 1976 - 390 ページ
...existence." John Dryden gave voice to that "secret hankering" in 1667, in The Conquest of Granada: I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. The attitude long pre-dates Dryden, but it was his phrase "noble savage" which symbolized throughout... | |
 | Catharine Parr Traill - 1986 - 388 ページ
...savage ran" ] John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada, Part I, 1672, Ii209; Almanzor states that he is "as free as Nature first made man / 'Ere the base...began / When wild in woods the noble Savage ran." See The Works of John Dryden. Vol. 11. Ed. John Loftis and David Stuart Rodes. Berkeley: University... | |
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I am as free as Nature first made man, \ Ere the base laws of servitude began, [• When wild in woods the noble savage ran. 
