 What constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled...  Elements of Ethics - Page 254by Noah Knowles Davis - 1900 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1794 - 574 pages
...0-w£ff ALC. quoted by ABISTIDES. \VHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-rais'd battlements, or labour'd mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
 | Literature - 1806 - 422 pages
...constitutes a state ; Not highraised battlements, or labored mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; N«t cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not...ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where lowbrowed baseness wafts perfume to pride j No ; MEN, highminded... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...TJ I l'X ALC, quoted by AHISTIDES. WHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-raised battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...can conduce to the strength and safety of a state. « What constitutes a state ? " Not high rais'd battlement or labored mound, " Thick wall, or moated...gate ; " Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; " Not bays and broad-armed ports, " Where laughing at the storm proud mavies ride ; u Not... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 pages
...beautifully and nobly expressed*." What constitutes a state ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...IMITATION OF ALCJEUS. [SIR w. JONES.] WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd, Not starM and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. NO : —... | |
 | William Haygarth - 1814 - 342 pages
...aK<?fff, Al?I»f fl-K^flV HJOTtf, xai " What coDstitutes a state ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd, Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1817 - 800 pages
...strength and safety of a state — What constitutes a state f Not high-raised battlement or laboured mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where laughing at the storm, proud navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...please AN ODE. IN IMITATION OF ALCXVS. WHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...the Constitution of a State : — What constitutes a state ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd, Not bays, and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
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