 | John S. Skinner - 1828 - 438 sidor
...sun begins Cheerful his course, and, ere his beams decline, Has measur'd half thy surface unfatigu'd. In thee alone, fair land of liberty! Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd; while, in other climes, Their virtue fails, a weak degenerale race. In vain malignant... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 sidor
...Europe. they quickly degenerate, and lose all the admirable qualities they possess in this country : In thee alone, fair land of liberty, Is bred the perfect hound in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd, while in other climes Their virtue fails, — a weak degenerate race. SOMERVILLE.... | |
 | 726 sidor
...past, is surely for men of consummate ability alone like our conductor of the "Omnibus." SOMERV1LLE. With the instincts of a sportsman, and the genius...not familiar ? " In thee alone, fair land of liberty ! Ii bred the perfect hound, in acent and ipeed As yet unrivalled ; while in other climes Their virtue... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1856 - 802 sidor
...past, is surely for men of consummate ability alone like our conductor of the " Omnibus." SOMERVILLE. With the instincts of a sportsman, and the genius...whom these favourite lines are not familiar ? " In t liée alone, fair land of liberty ! Il bred the perfect bound, in scent and ipeed Ai jet unrivalled... | |
 | John Mills - 1845 - 498 sidor
...latitudes, he degenerates, and quickly loses the qualities he possesses in this country. Somerville says, In thee alone, fair land of liberty, Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd ; while, in other climes, Their virtue fails, — a weak degenerate race. In the... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1848 - 1102 sidor
...rather from neglect than again, the degeneracy complained of any other cause. Thus sings Somervile : " In thee alone, fair land of liberty ! Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivalled; while, in other climes, Their virtue fails, a weak degenerate race." Admitting that... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 sidor
...Cheerful, his course, and, ere his beams decline, Has measured half thy surface nnfatigued. In thco As yet unrivalled, while in other climes Their virtue fails, a weak, degenerate race. In vain malignant... | |
 | Joseph Addison, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 428 sidor
...begins 90 Cheerful his course ; and ere his beams decline, Has measured half thy surface unfatigued. In thee alone, fair land of liberty ! Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivalled, while in other climes Their virtue fails, a weak degenerate race. In vain malignant... | |
 | Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot - 1862 - 242 sidor
...Somerville, the poet of "The Chase," thus graphically describes the merits of our native hounds : " In thee alone, fair Land of Liberty, Is bred the perfect hound ; in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd His glossy skin, or yellow-pied, or blue, In lights or shades by Nature's pencil... | |
 | Nimrod - 1863 - 468 sidor
...especially, are found to degenerate in most others ; which Somerville alludes to in his poem of the Chase. "In thee alone, fair land of liberty, Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd, while in other climes Their virtue fails, a weak degen'rate race." We do not benefit... | |
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In thee alone, fair land of liberty ! Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd, while in other climes Their virtue fails, a weak degenerate race. 
