...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...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...

...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 ideas, but...

...with it. Eh 1 what ] Just listen to this, Jeremiah Woful,' and with a theatrical air he repeated, ' " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...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...

...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...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...

...extinguishing their destroyers. But return we to our herds feeding beside the still waters. CHAPTER XIX. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...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...

...of innocent looking paste-board, having in the centre a hole large enough for a blueCHAPTEK XIX. " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base...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...

...and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." SMHIBi^Sv/w 'tftiffsr,^. , . THE VAGRANT. 1 am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. THE CoNui'Ksr op GRENADA. JHELE Qucntin held the brief communication with the ladies, necessary to...

...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...began, • When wild in woods the noble savage ran." Noble and swelling sentiments! — but such as cannot be reduced into practice. Grand ideas! — but...

...disdain, to 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...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Conquest of Groioa*. THE Earl of Menteith, as he had undertaken, so he proceeded to investigate more...

...windy passion blows ; With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Tyrannic Love. [Savage Freedom.] in figure, whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs. Neither is this second fruit of fr 1 I am as free as Nature tint mode man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the...