 | William Cowper - 1825 - 242 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 356 pages
...sint, sunto. But let me look at Robinson Crusoe's verses," said Frank ; and he read them. " I'm the monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute." " My dear Frank, do get your lesson," interrupted Mary. " Well, I am getting it," said Frank, running... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey : H My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute> Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pages
...alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, 1 must finish my journey alone; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, Never hear the sweet music of speech; 1 start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...ALEK. SELKIRK, :,i It I v¡. HIS soi. I 'I' il: V ABODE IX THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monareh elds their pleasing toils deny. To plains with well-breath'd eentre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the Im:te. Oh solitude ! where are the eharms... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 pages
...resemblance between what I commend and that which Alexander Selkirk pathetically apostrophizes:— " ' O, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reigKln this horrible place.' Dear to my bosom is the unexpected... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 pages
...resemblance between what I commend and that which Alexander Selkirk pathetically apostrophizes : — " • O, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.' Dear to my bosom is the... | |
 | M. G. Lewis - 1825 - 1096 pages
...the world for the pleasures of retirement. I should be tempted to sing, with Robinson Cnisoe, " Oh! Solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than reign in this solitary place ' " • - • The eyes of the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...ipposed to be written by ALEXANDER SELKIRK, daring hii solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. ' ft 14 I am out of humanity's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...Supposed to be written ly Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
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I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 
