 Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the...  Progressive Readings in Prose - Seite 141herausgegeben von - 1923 - 376 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 Seiten
...so persuaded of her liberty." " * * * * " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are the governors ; a nation, not slow...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to. * * * Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 Seiten
...world hath to finish. ENGLAND AND LONDON. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it ia whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors :...reach of any point the highest that human capacity can scar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient and so eminent... | |
 | Patrick Joseph Murray - 1854 - 158 Seiten
...MURRAY, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW. tl Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whei eof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation...dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; aente to invent, aubtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 Seiten
...in St. Giles's, Cripplegate.] Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof yc are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piereing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1856 - 460 Seiten
...And wherefore, I would ask you, not ? Consider what we are and have been — ' a nation, not slow nor dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1856 - 730 Seiten
...but shall conclude with a pertinent hint from the writings of one of its master-minds : — " LoBDS AND COMMONS OF ENGLAND, consider what nation it is whereof ye are — a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...so persuaded of her liberty." " * * * * " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are the governors ; a nation, not slow...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to. * * * Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 Seiten
...shall never be forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. ENGLAND AND LONDON. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation...of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute 10 invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 Seiten
...With these materials of knowledge, such Chained Bible. a people would Le educating itself to become "a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse." t Some of the books which belonged to this early age of English printing are still read with pleasure... | |
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