| 1848 - Počet stránok 744
...his erudition, not to be compared to the little finger of the younger Scaliger, who can truly say — I am monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none to dispute. Himself not blameless, he had a vixen of a wife, of whom (thanks to the manuscript notes of Burraan... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - Počet stránok 378
...me goes, Pure-bofom'd as that wat'ry glafe, And heav'n reflected in her face* VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I furvey, • f My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to... | |
| William Cowper - 1798 - Počet stránok 370
...fhe goes, Pure-bofom'd as that wat'ry glafs, And heav'n reflected in her face. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM moharch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute; From the centre all round to the fea,... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - Počet stránok 372
...as that wat'ry glafs, And heav'n refle&ed in her face. YERSES BY A. SELKIRK. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to the... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - Počet stránok 310
...goes, Pure-bosom'd as that wat'ry glass, And heav'n reflected in her face. * VERSES, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND Of JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the... | |
| John Davis - 1803 - Počet stránok 470
...the dwelling of our host, I could not help thinking that he might justly exclaim with Selkirk : " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centra all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the b ute." B 4 The morning passed away not... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 310
...DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM-monarch of all/1 survey, • My fight there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, J am lord 'of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude 1 where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
| Richard Warner - 1808 - Počet stránok 216
...imagination left poor reality in the back ground. All is not gold that glitters, Rattle. 'Tis true, . . " I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute:" but, alas! I, like other sovereigns, find that the lap of dignity is not '' a bed of roses," nor royal... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - Počet stránok 390
...owe; And she the works of Phcebus aiding, Both poet saves and plume from fading. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1811 - Počet stránok 286
...its aid, And gild the clofe of life's eventful day. SECTION V. Versa supposed to be written by Alex. Selkirk, during his Solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, I AM monarch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to the iea, I am lord of the... | |
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