 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...happiest spot his own; Extols du- treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nighîs of revelry and case , The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1824 - 490 pages
...proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long night of revelry and ease. The naked negro, panting at the...And thanks his gods for all the good they gave."* In vain may we labour to think, with Varro, as a consolation in banishment, that, " wherever we go,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...pretend to know ? il,e shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot hie ce, He's keeping a corner for something that's nice...a pasty" — " A pasty !" repeated the Jew; " I do st the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims -that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy...for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam ; His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy...for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...when nil pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid lone Boldly proelaims that happiest ' ambpalmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they... | |
 | Ronald M'Chronicle (pseud.) - 1825 - 804 pages
...destination. 3 CHAP. CHAPTER VII. The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone, Baldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long night of revelry and ease. The naked savage, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy...gods for all the good they gave Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we... | |
 | Education - 1827 - 404 pages
...NORWAY AND THE SWEDISH ISLES. The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims the happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of poetry and ease. GOLDSMITH. THE kingdom of Norway, which* formerly belonged to Denmark, but was ceded... | |
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But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease... 
