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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. "
Poems - Page 264
by William Cowper - 1810
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Notes of a journey in the north of Ireland, in ... 1827, to which is added ...

Ireland - 1828 - 216 pages
...it terminates in a forest boundary of luxuriant foliage. It is a solitary though lovely retreat. " 0 Solitude! where are the charms " That sages have seen in thy face V The disadvantage attached to noble demesnes in sequestered situations, is, their being too far apart...
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Notes of a journey in the north of Ireland, in ... 1827, to which is added ...

Ireland - 1828 - 212 pages
...it terminates in a forest boundary of luxuriant foliage. It is a solitary though lovely retreat. " O Solitude ! where are the charms " That sages have seen in thy face V The disadvantage attached to noble demesnes in sequestered situations, is, their being too far apart...
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Murray's English Reader

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...supposed to be. written by Alexander SelkirJ his solitary abode in the I&taad of Jttan Ferna • 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the hrnte. Oil solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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 I where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...Selkirk, during Ait solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey v, My right there is none to dispute* ; From the centre*...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...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute Prom the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. ,. . Oh solitude ! where are the charms, ;' That sajres have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the...
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The Monthly Repository and Review of Theology and General Literature, Volume 4

Liberalism (Religion) - 1830 - 986 pages
...alliance with him, as rotten branches. Sitting in the Conference, he might with literal truth say, I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; and throughout the whole of the connexion, whether priest or people, he spread the principles, the...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, daring hit Military abode in toe island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, • My right there is...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 facel Better dwell in the midst of alarms,...
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Austin Hall; Or, After Dinner Conversations, Between a Father and His ...

1831 - 228 pages
...Largo, in Scotland ; so I suppose Crusoe died there. Charlotte. You remember the pretty lines — " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea ; I'm lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh! Solitude, where Gerald and Edward. Off! Off! Off! No lines...
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The Spirit of the English Magazines

1825 - 500 pages
...•.our. allotted banishment from town, 194 193 I could repeat the whole poem by heart, uttering O Solitude, where are the charms That Sages have seen in thy face ? with an emphasis which shewed that, I felt what I read. — On our arrival in Coram-street, I found...
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