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
| Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...of time that this world hath to finish. Lords and Common« of England ! consider what nation it ia 50 subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.... | |
| William Hendry Stowell - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...Hamilton may be truly applied the wellknown description given by Milton of the English people — ' a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit: acute to invent, subtile andsinewyto discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity... | |
| William Hendry Stowell - 1850 - 522 Seiten
...Hamilton may be truly applied the wellknown description given by Milton of the English people — ' a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and picrring spirit: acute to invent, subtile and sine icy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 Seiten
...nevertheless I took it as a pledge of future happiness that other nations were so persuaded of her liberty." " 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 pressing spirit, acute... | |
| Charles V. Kraitsir - 1852 - 252 Seiten
...that which is good" (St. Paul's 1st Epistle to the Thessal. v. 21). CHAPTER II. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. " Lords and Commons of England ; consider what nation...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious anil piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 Seiten
...unworthy of England and Englishmen : with a noble and expressive but respectful indignation, he says, " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are governors, — a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ;" he reminds... | |
| 1852 - 790 Seiten
...edueated elasses of England are still what they were described by Milton — " 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 that human eapacity ean soar to."... | |
| 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... | |
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