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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. "
Pitman's Popular Lecturer and Reader - Page 157
1863
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir

William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there la none to dispute : From the centre 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,...
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The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Volume 1

Daniel Defoe - 1820 - 364 pages
...DE FOE. rii to the imagination in contemplating him as king and owner of every thing about him; " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute/' Among the striking passages of the work may be mentioned the encounter with the wolves and bears in...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...Supposed to he 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. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of...
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Letters to a Child: On the Subject of Maritime Discovery

Emily Taylor - Didactic fiction - 1821 - 338 pages
...island ; but more, I think, to be pitied than he : for Robinson, you know, could very well say, " I am monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none...the sea, • I am lord of the fowl and the brute." Now Columbus was a " monarch" too ; but then he was the king of 13* 149 most rebellious subjects. He...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the Island of Juan Fernandes. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; *rom the centre all around to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh ! solitude ! where are...
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Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons

Maria Edgeworth - Boys - 1822 - 520 pages
...estate, sint, sunto. But let me look at Robinson Crusoe's verses," said Frank ; and he read them. " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute." <• My dear Frank, do get your lesson,'' interrupted Mary. "Well, I am getting it," said Frank, running...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 36

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...Supptucd lo be atrmen lty Alexander Selkirk, during kit Sdilary Abode in the bland of Juan Fernandtz, I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute , From the centre all round to the seft, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen...
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Murray's English Grammar Simplified: Designed to Facilitate the Study of the ...

Allen Fisk - English language - 1822 - 192 pages
...where is thy victory ? 0 death ! where is thy sting ? 1 AM monarch of all I survey, My right there ie none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the biate. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst...
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The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1822 - 658 pages
...the accent falls on every third syllable; as, 1 am monarch of all I survey, My right there is nune to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fo-wl and the bnOe. Or, 'Tis night \ and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mmr •! ; | but ye woodlands | I mourn...
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...tuppoted to be -aritttn by Alexander Selkirk, durh • solitary aboM in the island of yuan Fernandez, I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute 5 From the centre all round to tne sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the bruie. 0 solimde ! where arc...
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