...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 laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Conquest of Grenada. THE Earl of Menteitb, as he had undertaken, so he proceeded to investigate...

...which Dryden puts into the mouth of one of the most extravagant of his heroes, that, "They would be free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran/' Noble and swelling sentiments! — but such as cannot be reduced into practice. Grand...

...and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." 20* VOL. i. CHAPTER XVI. THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild iu woods the noble savage ran. The Conquest of Granada. While Quentin held the brief communication...

...abstract rights and beautiful theories of the social compact, or of some antecedent antediluvian era,' " Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." Yet are we, after all, for the established order of things, because it is order. Possibly...

...distance of twenty yards. Tom never went out with gentlemen — " he did not like them :"— " He was as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." It is but to be expected that in those lonely parts of the country such instances of rude...

...of independence and a hatred of control amounting almost to the sublime rant of Almanzor. " He was as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of ser\itude began. When wild in woods the noble savuge ran." In general society Burns often permitted...

...his spirit is free and unfettered as the breeze of the mountains that he inhales ! Yea — " He is as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." Hour by hour, and day by day, he follows, with unceasing assiduity, the fierce boar, through...

...v ii i: - puts into the mimik of one of the moit extracagant of heroes, that Tb li/ icould bef ree as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Noble and sieelling sentiment», lm I such as cannot be rei! n tat into practiee. Grand...

...irhick DRTDES puts into the mouth of one of the most extravagant of heroes, that . They would bc f ree as nature first made man , . Ere the base .laws of servitude began, When wild in tooods the noble savage ran. Noble and twelling sentiment», Int/ stich as cannot be reduced into practice....

...great or bulky, and many images eithe just or splendid : * I am as free as Nature first made man, F.re the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. * — >Tis but because the Living death ne'e knew, They fear lo prove it as a thing that's...