 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 strani
...turrets crown'd; Nor starr'd and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfumes to pride— In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; No! men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endu'd, Men who their duties know, But... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1950 - 590 strani
...and spangled courts, where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. Nay, not these ; but men— Men with powers as far above dull brutes endued in...den as beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude." "These, then, constitute the Statt—not the wealth of forest, field, or mine; not the rich valleys,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1950 - 576 strani
...starred and spangled courts, where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. Nay, not these; but men— Men with powers as far above dull brutes endued in...den as beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude." "These, then, constitute the State—not the wealth of forest, field, or mine; not the rich valleys,... | |
 | Thomas Powel, Sir Isambard Owen, Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore - 1888 - 714 strani
...navies ride Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where low-born baseness wafts perfume to pride; No—men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes...their rights, and, knowing dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain; These constitute a state; And sovereign... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1896 - 726 strani
...ride; Not starred and spangled courts, - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No:—Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes...their rights, and. knowing, dare maintain; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain. These constitute a State." The worth... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 614 strani
...No:—MEN, high-minded MEN, With pow'rs as far above dull brutes endued In foreft, brake, or den, As beafts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men, who their duties know, But know their right t, and knowing dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crufli the tyrant while they rend... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1855 - 240 strani
...starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No. MEN, HIGH-MINDED MEM. Men who their duties know, But know their rights; and knowing, dare maintain; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain." Such a presentation of the case... | |
 | Jeffery A. Smith - 1990 - 233 strani
...said it was not fortifications, cities, navies, or a court: No:—MEN, high-minded MEN, With pow'rs as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake,...their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain: These constitute a State. 7 The idea... | |
 | 1924 - 924 strani
...horn, so far as is known, put a blot upon the family escutcheon, -true examplars without exception of men— . . . who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. A goodly heritage, indeed, — quite the equal of that which ipelled the Psalmist to lift up his melodious... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 strani
...wall, or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd; No: men, high-minded men; Men, who their duties know; But know their rights; and knowing, dare maintain. These constitute a State." In the General Government, the House of Representatives is mainly republican;... | |
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No! men, high-minded men! With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow, And... 
