"Unawed" Quotes from Famous Books
... free all over the world." And he spoke only truth; they are not only free as a people, but every individual is perfectly so. Lord of himself, at once subject and master, a savage knows no superior, a circumstance which has a striking effect on his behaviour; unawed by rank or riches, distinctions unknown amongst his own nation, he would enter as unconcerned, would possess all his powers as freely in the palace of an oriental monarch, as in the cottage of the meanest peasant: 'tis the species, 'tis man, 'tis his equal he ... — The History of Emily Montague • Frances Brooke
... least and feeblest there may bide, Uninjured and unawed; While thousands fall on every side, ... — Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various
... had wished to see very much, for her great celebrity in her brother's science. She is very little, very gentle, very modest, and very ingenious; and her manners are those of a person unhackneyed and unawed by the world, ... — The Diary and Letters of Madam D'Arblay Volume 2 • Madame D'Arblay
... very policy that a certain class of politicians in this country would have us imitate. Misled by the selfish and paltry arguments of British statesmen, but unawed by the terrible experience of the British people, they would fasten upon us a system whose only recommendation, in its best form, is that it enriches a few, at the cost of the lives and happiness of many. They would assist a constrictor ... — The Economist - Volume 1, No. 3 • Various
... to established authorities had fallen into disrepute, no less in literature than in politics, and that the poet who should breathe into his songs the fierce and passionate spirit of the age, and assert, untrammelled and unawed, the high dominion of genius, would be the most sure of an audience toned in sympathy with ... — Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore |