...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...began, "When wild in woods the noble savage ran." In general society Burns often permitted his determination of vindicating his personal dignity to hurry...

...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. Grand ideas! — but...

...of ourselves, and have nobody whatsoever to exert the least control over our actions. We'll remain free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, And wild in woods the noble savage ran. Stpp a little, gentlemen, and let us consider your case, thinks...

...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 Grenada. THE Earl of Menteitb, as he had undertaken, so he proceeded to investigate more...

...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. Grand ideas!— but...

...further, and endeavour to ascertain how far he is to be trusted." 20* VOL. i. CHAPTER XVI. THE VAGRANT. I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild iu woods the noble savage ran. The Conquest of Granada. While Quentin held the brief communication...

...abstract rights and beautiful theories of the social compact, or of some antecedent antediluvian era,' " Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." Yet are we, after all, for the established order of things, because it is order. Possibly a change...

...distance of twenty yards. Tom never went out with gentlemen — " he did not like them :"— " He was as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws...servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran." It is but to be expected that in those lonely parts of the country such instances of rude abandonment...

...and the new produced many sentiments either great or bulky, and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man, ) Ere the base lawn of servitude began, ', When wild in woods the noble savage ran. J - 'Tis but because the living...

...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 of ser\itude began. When wild in woods the noble savuge ran." In general society Burns often permitted...