 | 1824 - 588 pages
...during bis solitary abode in the desolate island of Juan Fernandez." r. I am monarch of all t saifey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 0 solitude! where are the charms... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...have been written by Alexander Selkirk during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord oi the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude.' where are the charms, That sages have seen in tby... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott, William Yates - Chile - 1824 - 560 pages
...disagreeable as unnatural ; and Cowper's exquisite lines again served me — " Oh, solitude ! where are thy charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." And I repeated over and over the whole of the poem, till I saw two of my companions of the morning... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...RIS SOLITARY ABODE IT» THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there ia ' approach, Skill'd to retire, and in retiring draw Hearts after them, tangled in amorous n Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS 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. O Solitude \ where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen...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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Children - 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... | |
 | 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...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.' Dear to my bosom is the unexpected drop-in of a friend or neighbour — sweet, to be in the world or... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 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... | |
 | M. G. Lewis - 1825 - 1098 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...Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than reign in this solitary place ' " • - • The eyes of the strauger beamed with warm affection as he spoke, and told... | |
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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. 
