...could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he. Conquest of Grenada. Part i. Sc. 1. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 1. There is a pleasure In being mad which none...

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

...not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, "I'iu so like sense, 'twill serve the turn u well? This endeavour' after the grand and the new produced...either just or splendid: I am as free as Nature first made.man'. lire the base laws of servitude began, > When wild in woods the noble savage ran.' — "J'is...

...Almahide. With what manliness and grace of elocution must Hart have delivered the well-known lines, — I am as free as nature first made man, 'Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. The attraction, however, of the play rested mainly upon Nelly, who spoke...

...PASSAGES IN VERSE. THE good die first ; And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust Burn to the socket. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banished lover,...

...Almangor, was typical of the age then commencing. The bold warrior tells us he would be free — " free as Nature first made Man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." He emancipated himself from convention ; he set himself above kings ;...

...free. CHURCHILL. — Independence. Bat I was free born. ST. PAUL.— The Acts, Chap. XXII. Verse 28. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savnge ran. DRYDEN. — Conquest of Granada, Act I. Scene I. By my troth, this is free...

...say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, — " 'Tis so like sense 'twill serve the turn as well I" This endeavour after the grand and the new produced...made man, \ Ere the base laws of servitude began, J When wild in woods the noble savage ran. J — 'Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They...

...behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims." (J) " I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." (e) " Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on...

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