 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 mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...  The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts - Page 145by John Blair Linn - 1802 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...harvest ; there need not be five weeks had we but eyes to lift up, the fields are white already. REFORM. METHINKS I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing himself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an... | |
 | John Prince - 1846 - 490 pages
...regarded as a prophecy. Whether it has ever yet been realized, or is waiting for its fulfilment, judge ye. "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...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 . her long... | |
 | Hugh Swinton Legaré - 1846 - 642 pages
...uttered a vision. inspired by his own noly zeal for social improvement, and the liberties of mankind — "methinks I see in my mind — a noble and puissant...invincible locks — methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing... | |
 | 1995 - 286 pages
...not feasible in Europe, where they could readily have succumbed to prison or the rack. A "bohemian" "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation...locks. Methinks I see her as an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her und a /I'd eyes at the full midday beam." For a statement of Milton's hold... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1995 - 542 pages
...wears an aspect of hopeless senility, but begins to realize the vision of the great Puritan bard: — " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam." In all directions... | |
 | Nicholas John Cull - 1996 - 301 pages
...entering into the truth of prosperous virtue, destined to become great and honourable in these later ages. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks. Wheeler-Bennett claimed these words... | |
 | Eric Voegelin - 1999 - 332 pages
...National Scripturalist. His national pathos found its grandiose expression in the Areopagitica, 1644: "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation...locks: Methinks I see her as an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzl'd eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused... | |
 | Annabel Patterson - 1997 - 344 pages
...1865 edition appeared, however, with a long and optimistic quotation from Milton on its title-page: Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam . . . '" Russell,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...nations like prostitutes. STANLEY KUBRICK, (b. 1928) US filmmaker. Guardian (London, June 5, 1963). 6 Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation...her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. JOHN MILTON, (1608-1674)... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Areopagitica Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant natlon rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. 7465 Areopagitica... | |
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