 | 1826 - 860 strani
...Lords and Commons of England ! Consider what nation it n whereof ye are the governors : a nation nut slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing...invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath Ihe reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation was Ireland. Hebesought... | |
 | 1826 - 868 strani
...excellence of his poetry. Milton, in speaking of the English nation, and addressing its rulers, said, " 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 piercing spirit; acute to... | |
 | 1831 - 702 strani
...government, tried upon a nation, not slow and dull, but, in the words of its immortal advocate, "of a quirk, ingenious, and piercing spirit — acute to invent,...to discourse — not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." That James could have deceived himself respecting the... | |
 | John Arthur Roebuck - 1835 - 584 strani
...elevating prerogative. " Consider, Sir, what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are one of the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of...ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile aad sinewy in' discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 strani
...church ; not the forced and outward union, of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided mind;. Lord« and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the goтепмп : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyse - 1836 - 578 strani
...the 1ierpetuation, and the growth, and the moral influence of your institutions." KENTUCKY REPORT. " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 strani
...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 strani
...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,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 strani
...thinking in astronomy otherwise than the franciscan and dominican licensers thought.* ENGLAND AND LONDON. LORDS and commons of England ! consider what nation...quick, ingenious and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1839 - 180 strani
...behalf of his and our countrymen: — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation ye are of, and whereof ye are the governors. A nation not slow...quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent; subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity... | |
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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, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach... 
