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" Sultan prouder than his fetter'd slave : Slaves build their little Babylons of straw, Echo the proud Assyrian in their hearts, And cry, — " Behold the wonders of my might ! "
Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education - Page 376
by Elizabeth Hamilton - 1801
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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality..

Edward Young - Bible - 1750 - 416 pages
...An obfljnate Activity within, An infupprefilve Spring, will tofs him up In fpite of Fortune's LOad. Not Kings alone, Each Villager has his Ambition too ; No Sultan prouder than his fetter'd Slave : Slaves -build their little Babylom of Straw, Echo the proud AJjyrian, in their Hearts, And...
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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which ...

Edward Young - Apologetics - 1756 - 430 pages
...obftinate Activity within, An infuppreffive Spring, will tofs him up In fpite of Fortune's Load. Jsfot Kings alone, Each Villager has his Ambition too; NO Sultan prouder than his fetter'd Slave : Slaves build their little Babylons of Straw, Echo the proud Affyrian, in their Hearts, And...
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four Volumes, Volume 3

Edward Young - 1762 - 292 pages
...An obftinate aftivity within, An infuppreflive fpring, will tofs him up In fpite of fortune's load. Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too ; No Sultan prouder than his fetter' d flave : Slaves build their little Babylons of ftraw, Echo the proud dfyrian, in their hearts,...
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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which ...

Edward Young - Apologetics - 1775 - 408 pages
...An obftinate aftivity within, An infuppreffive fpring, will tofs him up In fpite of fortune's load. Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too;...build their little Babylons of ftraw, Echo the proud Affyrian, in their hearts, And cry, — " Behold the wonders of my might!" And why ? Becaufe immortal...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces ..., Volume 51, Page 2

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 288 pages
...obftinate aftivity within, 390 An infuppreffive Ipring, will tofs him up Iln fpite of fortune's load. Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too...flave : Slaves build their little Babylons of ftraw, 395 Echo the proud Aflyrian in their hearts, And cry, — " Behold the wonders of my might !" And why...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 50-52

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 858 pages
...obftinate aclivity within, 399 An infupp'reffive fpring, will tofs him up In fpite oi fortune's load. Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too ; No Sultan prouder than his fetter'd llavei Slaves build their little Babylons of ftraw, 595 Echo the proud Aflyrian in their hearts, And...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 61

English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
...obftinate aftivity within, jpe An infuppreftive fpring, will tofs him up In fpite of fortune's load. Not kings alone. Each villager has his ambition too; No Sultan prouder than his fetter.'d ilave : Slaves build their little Babylons of ftraw, 3^ Echo the proud Aflyrian in their hearts, And...
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts, Volume 3

Edward Young - English literature - 1792 - 356 pages
...An obitinate aftivity within, An infupprcffive fpring, will tofs him up In fpite of fortune's load. Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too...than his fetter'd flave : Slaves build their little Eabylons of ftraw, Echo the proud Aflyrian, in their hearts, And cry, — " Behold the wonders of my...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...obstinate activity within, 390 An insuppressive spring, will toss him up In spite of Fortune's load. Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too; No sultan prouder than his fetter'd slave : Slaves build their little Babylons of straw, 395 And souls immortal must for ever heave At...
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Letters on Education, Volume 1

Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1801 - 430 pages
...the commiffion of deeds at which humanity revolts. Murder and devaftation have been made the inGgnia of honour ; and the widow's and the orphan's tears...ambition too. " No Sultan prouder than his fetter'd Have ; " Slaves build their little Babylons of ftraw, " Echo the prdud AJTyrian in their hearts, "...
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