 | Natural history - 1836 - 688 pages
...forthwith continences a song of self-gratulation, which might, perhaps, be interpreted, — " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; " and the little fellow looks happier and perter than ever. This is a blemish in the character of... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - Botany - 1836 - 440 pages
...is scanty, as compared with most tropical countries, owing, apparently, to the parched nature " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute," yet I very soon felt that utter loneliness is as disagTeeable as unnatural ; and Cowpi-r's exquisite... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, I AM monarch of all I survey, , My right there is none to dispute ; From tho centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms,... | |
 | Voyages, Imaginary - 1837 - 304 pages
...presence. I had also the priceless blessings of health and unrestrained liberty. CHAPTER VII. I am monarch of all I survey, , My right there is none to dispute. CoWFER. A SURPRISE. YES, I felt that I was free. I could, and did play all sorts of fantastic and antic... | |
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1839 - 336 pages
...the plaster casts of Napoleon, which those grinning Italian varlets hawk about the streets — ' I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.' Spout it forth, man ! Come, Lyndham, don't be in one of your confounded misanthropick humours ; the... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - Great Britain - 1839 - 428 pages
...Regent is in high spirits," said Sir , " as we expected he would be. He can now with truth say, ' I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ;' which suits his taste precisely." I asked Sir what he thought of Prince Leopold. He said, " I consider... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pages
...hamjlet Is still, And mor|tals the sweets | of forget.fumess prove. 2. Anapastic of Three feet. I am mon|arch of all | I survey; My right \ there is none | to dispute. 3. Anapeestic of Two feet. When I look j on my boys, They renew | all my joys. 4. Anapeestic of One... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - National characteristics, Scottish - 1840 - 306 pages
...an island situated in " The Dream," where any one they please may be privileged to exclaim, " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." The river dashes vehemently round this charming green isle, which rises abruptly out of the water,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - Rhine River - 1840 - 430 pages
...that one cannot help wishing him such a pure Despotism as was enjoyed by Alexander Selkirk : " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute — Not a creature objects to my sway — I am Lord of the Fowl and the Brute ! " The persons of all... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1879 - 647 pages
...groundglass), and emancipated from trouble, or responsibility, the poetry comes out of me thus : — I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; I know that I 'те nothing to pay — A sum which my pocket will suit. [Happy Thought,— Poetry... | |
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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. 
