...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...

...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...

...in the sentiment, which the poet h» attributed to Alexander Selkirk, in his solitary ions. "Itathcr dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." To such as are tngrossed by the active bustle ofl*. the necessary meetings of competitor! in the pursuit...

...high hopes, and planting in every soul the same necessary call — yea, imperative demand for society. Solitude where are the charms. That sages have seen...thy face ; Better dwell In the midst of alarms. Than rest In thin horible place.j "Brotherhood.'" The word unconsciously wins. It silently appeals to the...

...exclaimed: I am monarch of all I survey. Of my rights there is none to dispute. From the center all around to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. But when he reflected that he was alone and had no one to help him work the soil and be his companion,...

...Robinson Crusoe): I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the center all 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,...

...Juan Fernandez 23 I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the center SP; PPP; Prim; PWR; TEP; TrGrPo; UnPo; WeW III. /...traveled among unknown men 47 I traveled among unknown (1. 1—8) 24 When I think of my own native land. In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection...

...dining-room door — to arise from the table and with his hands on his huge host's shoulders, exclaim: Oh, solitude, where are the charms, That sages have seen...thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than live in this horrible place. Webster and Clay had, in Washington, intrusted to Ewing an important Whig...

...people find solitude unappealing, and would exclaim with William Cowper Oh Solitude! where are thy charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. or at least echo his gentler pronouncement on the subject How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude!...

...Cowper, "Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk." The poem continues, with painful irony: "From the centre all 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...