 | 1848 - 744 pages
...erudition, not to be compared to the little finger of the younger Scaliger, who can truly say — I am monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none to dispute. Himself not blameless, he had a vixen of a wife, of whom (thanks to the manuscript notes of Burraan... | |
 | 1788 - 404 pages
...monarch of all I furvey. My righr there is none t difpute; From the centre all round to the lea, • I am Lord of the fowl and the brute ; Oh! Solitude! where are the charms That fages have feen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midlt of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | 1788 - 772 pages
...monarch of all I fumy, My right there is none to difpote ; Froip'fhe centre all round to the fea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh ! Solitude! where are the charms That fages hive feen in thy face J Better dwell in the midft of alarms. Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND Of JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | John Davis - 1803 - 470 pages
...round the dwelling of our host, I could not help thinking that he might justly exclaim with Selkirk : " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centra all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the b ute." B 4 The morning passed away not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS' SOLITARY ABODE IN • , . . •- 1 THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERSTANDBZ. . I AM monarch of all I survey,- . ; My right there is none...to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute, ' Oh solitude.! where are the charms, That sages bave.s^en in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM-monarch of all/1 survey, • My fight there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, J am lord 'of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude 1 where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808 - 506 pages
...to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. JL AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 220 pages
...imagination left poor reality in the back ground. All is not gold that glitters, Rattle. 'Tis true, " I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute:" but, alas! I, like other sovereigns, find that the lap of dignity is not * ' a bed of roses," nor royal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND. t» JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
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I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 
