...one of his flatterers has drawn of him in lines as striking as, in his opinion, they are correct— " Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by"— would only suspect that he is not altogether an impeccable personage, it would doubtless be better...

...tepor alit. — In tantd deris inditlgentid Britannicus agcr omnis generis semina facile concepit.' — Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, &c. ' Jam spontanea felicitas securum et opulentium vulgus non modico tnmore sustollit, nt neque pro...

...port, defiance in their eye :" — which on further consideration is more judiciously arranged — " Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by." In a few passages, thoughts are repeated which particularly pleased him in prose, and were thought...

...alit. — In tantd tieris indulgentid firitaunicus ager omnis generis semina facile concepit.' — Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human 1iind pass by, &c. 'Jam spontanea felicitas securum et opulentium vulgus non modico tnmore sustollit,...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is— " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye :"— which on further...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is — " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye :" — which on further...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is — " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye:"— which on further...

...every good judge of poetry and so great a favourite with Dr. Johnson. In the first edition it is — " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state : With daring aims irregularly great, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Pride in their port, defiance in their eye : "— which on further...

...germ of that beautiful sketch which the Poet has drawn of the national character in the Traveller— " Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great/' dec.] Foreigners are generally shocked at their insolence upon first coming among them: they find themselves...

...that beautiful sketch which the Poet has drawn of the national character in the Traveller— " Stein o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great," &c.] Foreigners are generally shocked at their insolence upon first coming among them: they find themselves...