 Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No! men, high-minded men, With powers 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,...  Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ... - Sivu 1371826Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Richard Cobden - 1849 - 316 sivua
...and spangled courts, Where low-bowed baseness Wafts perfume to pride. No, but man, High-minded man, with powers As far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake, or dell, As these excel cold rocks or brambles rude." The spirit of this quotation is that which Mr. Cobden... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 sivua
...spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ; — men, high-minded men, Witli powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest,...their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a State, And sovereign... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 sivua
...wafts perfume to pride : No — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endu'd, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks...knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And wash the tyrant, while they rend the chain. These constitute a state : And sovereign law, that state's... | |
 | William Knight Northall - 1850 - 208 sivua
...Acropolis. The true greatness of a state has been justly said to consist in the character of its people. Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull...rocks and brambles rude : Men who their duties know, Bat know their rights, and knowing dare maintain, Present the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 sivua
...ride ; Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. NO:—Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den. As beasts eicel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, Bat know their rights, and knowing,... | |
 | 1881 - 792 sivua
...spangled courts, Where low browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : — men, high-minded men, * * Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain." Because the Sabbath promotes the constant and systematic study of the Bible, which sets forth our duties... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 644 sivua
...rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN, With powers as far above...their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And SOVEREIGN... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 672 sivua
...rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : MEN, high-minded MEN, With powers as far above...rights, and, knowing, dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And SOVEREIGN... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 sivua
...navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, — Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride ! No ! men, — high-minded men, With powers as far...But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain." EXERCISE XLIX. FALSE ELOQUENCE. From a speech in Congress on the Revenue Bill of 1833. [Bombast, —... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 sivua
...and spangled courts, Where low-browea baseness wafts perfume to pride ; No ; men: high-minded men : 2 With powers, as far above dull brutes endued In forest,...But know their rights ; and, knowing, dare maintain: These constitute a state , 3 And sovereign law, that state's collected will, 4 The fiend discretion*... | |
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