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" Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam... "
The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author - Page 322
by John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806
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The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ...

1858 - 498 pages
...herself like a strong man, after sleep, and shaking her in\incible locks, was seen as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day oeam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight, at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance." Noble...
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Speeches of Lord Campbell: At the Bar, and in the House of Commons, with an ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1842 - 540 pages
...strong man after sleep, " and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle " nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at " the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused " sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance."* Scotland having received...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with a memoir by J. Montgomery, Volume 1

John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...his genius, at length (to accommodate a magnificent figure of his own), " mewing," like " an eagle, her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam" of sacred inspiration—" purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing join with those, Then who had heard the plaints I utter now ! For had she not been fair, unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise...
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The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...nation rousing herself like a strong man after slee\), and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise...
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Library of Oratory: Embracing Select Speeches of Celebrated ..., Volume 3

1845 - 554 pages
...nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 pages
...nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : meihinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise...
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Eight Historical and Critical Lectures on the Bible

John Prince - 1846 - 490 pages
...nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing . her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise...
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The Redeemer's Tears Wept Over Lost Souls: Union Among Protestants ...

John Howe, William Urwick - 1846 - 364 pages
...words of Milton—" as a noble and puissant nation rousing herself as a strong man after slee;., or as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam." At that period the two of civil and religious freedom, which, now flourishing and bearing fruit, IB...
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