 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a State, And sovereign... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - 410 Seiten
...above dull brutes, endued, In forest, drake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude. Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state !" And it... | |
 | 1854 - 572 Seiten
...above dull brutes endued In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude — Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they read the chain. The poet who traced these lines when... | |
 | 1854 - 402 Seiten
...far above dull brutes endued In forest, wake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and hamlets rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain — These constitute a State' Written... | |
 | New Hampshire State Agricultural Society - 1854 - 416 Seiten
...spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfumes to pride — No ! men ! high-minded men, Men who their duties know, But know their rights : and knowing, dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; — These constitute a State. of... | |
 | William Russell - 1854 - 398 Seiten
...above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks, and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain." • EXERCISE XLIX. FALSE ELOQUENCE. AnOH. From a speech in Congress on the Revenue Sill of 1833. [Bombast,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1896 - 726 Seiten
...above dull brutes endued In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and. knowing, dare maintain; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain. These constitute a State." The worth... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1967 - 818 Seiten
...far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain: — These constitute a State.18 Not your... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1967 - 630 Seiten
...wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned. No! men, high minded menMen, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain. These constitute a State.29 As I before remarked, this is the dividing line between the Democratic... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1895 - 488 Seiten
...baseness wafts perfume to pride. " No : men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks...rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain. These constitute a State ; And sovereign... | |
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In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State;... 
