 In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State;...  The Belfast Monthly Magazine - Page 391809Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 614 pages
...pow'rs as far above dull brutes endued In foreft, brake, or den, As beafts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crufh the tyrant while they rend the chain : Tbefe conftitute a ftate, And fov'reign... | |
 | John Almon - 1784 - 470 pages
...pow'rs as far above dull brutes endued In foreft, brake, or den, As beafts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the lorig-aim'd blow, And crufh tlie tyrant while they rend the chain : Tbrfe conftitute a State ; And... | |
 | John Almon - 1786 - 328 pages
...pow'rs as far above dull brutes endued In foreft, brake, or den, As beafts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their...knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow, And crufli the tyrant while they rend the chain : fhefe conftitute a State; And fov'reign LAW, that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1793 - 740 pages
...powers as far above dull brutes endued In, foreft, brake, or den, As beads excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; MEN who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain.— If the prefent practice deviates from the principles of the Conftitution, he had furely a good tight... | |
 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 pages
...pow'rs as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain; These constitute a State ; And sov'reign LAW, that state's cotttSed'will, O'er thrones and globes elate... | |
 | 1708 - 586 pages
...as far above dull brutes endued, In foreft, brake, orden, As beafts excel cold rocks' and brambles rude : MEN, WHO THEIR DUTIES KNOW, BUT KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, AND KNOWING, DARE MAINTAIN; PREVENT THE LONG-AIM'D BLOW, AND CRUSH THE TYRANT WHILE THEY REND.THE CHAIN: THESE CONSTITUTE A STATE. The eleilor... | |
 | 1798 - 672 pages
...in every country, and in every age alfo, have been born to refift them, " MEN, high-mmded. MCN :" " Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crulh the tyrant while they rend the chain *." * Extracted from an od* by fir... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1798 - 458 pages
...as far above dull brutes endued, In foreft, brake, or den, As beafts excel cold rocks and brambles rude : Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain} Thefe conftitute a State, And fovereign law, that State's collected will, Prevent the long-aim'd blow,... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...powers as far above dull brutes endued In foreft, brake, or den, As beafls excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their DUTIES know, But know their RIGHTS, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crufh the tyrant while they rend the chain : Thefe conllitute a flate, And fovereign... | |
 | 1806 - 422 pages
...as far above dull brutes, endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the longaimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain ; These constitute a. stare, And sovereign... | |
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