In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State;... Annual Register - Page 171edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
| Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride, No ; — men ; high-minded men : — Men, who their duties know, But know their rights,...and, knowing, dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aim'd Mow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a state." Two regiments of infantry,... | |
| Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endu'd, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their...their rights; and, knowing, dare maintain. Prevent the long aimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain, — These constitute a stale ; And... | |
| Congregational churches - 1918 - 758 pages
...Not territory; not armies and munitions, or even laws and institutions — but "men, high-minded men, men who their duties know, but know their rights, and knowing dare maintain, who crush the tyrant while they rend the chain .these constitute a state." The lineal descendants of... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1847 - 752 pages
...and ttpaugled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafu perfumes to pride ; No! m? n I high minded men, Men who their duties know, But know their rights ; and knowing, dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrants, while they rend the chain; These constitute a stnte, And sovereign... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1849 - 1130 pages
...or their own domestic security, are united to a man — a constituency firm, discreet, enlightened ; who -Their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain ; Prtvait the long-aimed blow, And cruih the tyrant when they rend the rhnm ;" acting by the authority... | |
| United States - 1848 - 614 pages
...nothing that is not clearly right, and submit to nothing that is wrong.' Tell her our citizens are MEN, ' who their duties know, but know their rights, and knowing dare maintain.' Tell her we desire peace with all nations, and will cultivate and strive to preserve it by all just... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hallett - Constitutional history - 1848 - 84 pages
...stirred and spangled courts Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride, No mfi\. high-minilcd men, Men who their duties know. But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain." "And sovereign law, that. State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sita empress, crowning... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endu'd, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude : Men, who their...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... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...men, high-minded men, Witli powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their...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... | |
| Conduct of life - 1881 - 792 pages
...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... | |
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