 Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...  Sketch Book - Page 60by Washington Irving - 1901 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...their orbs, bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evening or morning? " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation,...her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty young, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...ways of truth and prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 470 pages
...of truth and " prosperous virtue, destined to become great anoj " honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see, " in my mind, a noble and puissant...invincible locks: methinks I see her as an " eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her " undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging '' and... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...prosperous virtue, destined to become great and " honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see, <e in my mind, a noble and puissant nation rousing "...invincible locks : methinks I see her as an " eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her " undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging " and unsealing... | |
 | James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 470 pages
...ways of truth and " prosperous virtue, destined to become great and " honourable in these latter ages. Methinks I see, " in my mind, a noble and puissant...invincible locks: methinks I see her as an " eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her " undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging " and unsealing... | |
 | Theology - 1827 - 684 pages
...prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honorable in these latter ages. Methinks I see in ray mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, musing her mighty youth, and kindling her dazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...beyond the possibility of doubt. "DK" ENGLISH WRITERS AMERICA. ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA. " Met liinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing...sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I gee her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her endazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam."... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1821 - 342 pages
...hard to possess and exercise. f See note (F) at the end of the volume. CHAP. XIII. PERSONAL LIBERTY. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle during her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1823 - 676 pages
...rights of individuals.* * See note (E) at the end of the volume. CHAP. XIII. PERSONAL LIBERTY. Ms-thinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing... | |
 | 1823 - 736 pages
...and decay." — Wai-burton's Enquiry into Prodigies and Miracles, pp. 13fi, 137. " Methinks, I sec in my mind, a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself...invincible locks : methinks, I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing... | |
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