...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 he expected that in those lonely parts of the country such instances of rude abandonment...

...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 illimitable...

...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 ideas, but...

...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 new I et...

...Woful,' and with a theatrical air he repeated, ' " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran !' That's John Dryden — one of his Almanzor flights; and I've heard Betterton roll and thunder It...

...amounting almost to the sublime rant of Almanzor. " He was as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." In general society Burns often permitted his determination of vindicating his personal dignity to hurry...

...herds feeding beside the still waters. CHAPTER XIX. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. DRYDEN. WHEN we miss our way in a labyrinth, — I have never attempted any thing in this line beyond...

...centre a hole large enough for a blueCHAPTEK XIX. " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." DRYDEN. WE left the sun setting, or preparing to set; the willows looking at their pensile tresses...

...ascertain how far he is to be trusted." THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Natere first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began. When wild in woods the noble savage ran. THE CONQUEST op GRENADA. Quentin held the brief communication with the ladies, necessary to assure...

...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 ideas! — but...