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
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 Seiten
...do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep,... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 380 Seiten
...not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation...is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep,... | |
| 1830 - 1112 Seiten
...education, and then enter into a comparison of the moral and intellectual character of the three kingdoms. " Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is •whereof ye are the governors. A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and discerning spirit ; acute... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 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... | |
| Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 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... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 312 Seiten
...and Commons of England ! consider what " it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the govern" ors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick , " ingenious, and piercing spirit : acute to invent, sub" tie and sinewy to discourse ; not benenth the reach " of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
| 1843 - 454 Seiten
...THOUGHTS FOR SCHOOLMASTERS. No. II. I. Lords and Commons of England I consider what a nation it is whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
| LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 Seiten
...strikingly to the topics upon which we have touched ! ' Lords and Commons of England, consider what * nation whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors ;...beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
| 1844 - 702 Seiten
...strikingly to the topics upon which we iave touched ! ' Lords and Commons of England, consider what 4 nation whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors ;...beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...deliverance, as »hall never bo forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. one walls do not a prison make, Xor iron bars a cage ; Minds, innocent and quiet, take Tha subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.... | |
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