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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. "
On Ellis's Specimens of the early English poets. Ellis' and Ritson's ... - Page 182
by Walter Scott - 1841
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A Short and Easie Method with the Deists: Wherein the Certainty of the ...

Charles Leslie - 1723 - 186 pages
...Daniel de Foe, who certainly knew his own Scheme. To be as- free as Nature flrfl made Man, E'er the bate Laws of Servitude began. When wild in Woods the noble Savage ran. This is their wild Notion of an indefendent State of Nature. But the Vanity and Falfehood of this brutal...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...many sentiments either or bulky, and many images either just or splendid :, I am as free as Mature first made man^. • Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild ia woods the noble savapje ran. —Tis 1-. ' . Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear...
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The Port Folio

1819 - 550 pages
...ranting hero exclaim, in a tone which would fit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first marie man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble tavage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained freedom ever existed,...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...the new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid: I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild ia woods the noble savage ran. — Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...that \*,ftr those beings ttaa are cattle, and Аи use that is man. The is used in both numbers. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran, Drjdm. Many words are used without articks; as, 1. Proper names, as John, Alexander, Lon~ ginui, Aristarcbus,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...to give me death? 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 laws...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Boab. Since, then. no power above your own you know, Mankind should use you like a common foe ; You...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...the new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid: I am gs so well, That which was which he could not tell...oftentimes mistook the one For th' other, as great cler — Tis but because the living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...the new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid: J am as free as Nature first made man, -» Ere the base...began, /• When wild in woods the noble savage ran. ^ — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : 1 am as free RS Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. — 'Tis but because thu living death ne'er knew, They fear to pro\e it as a thing that's new : Let...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let...
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