 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...  The Elements of the English Language - Stran 218avtor: Ernest Adams - 1862 - 253 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 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... | |
 | 1830 - 1112 strani
...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 to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any... | |
 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 strani
...forced and outward union of cold and neutral and inwardlydivided minds. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof...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... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 strani
...wildness. Well may we use the noble words of Milton : — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what a nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the...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... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 strani
...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,...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to!— a nation, not luxurious nor effeminate, but of a hardihood... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 strani
...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,...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to!— a nation, not luxurious nor effeminate, but of a hardihood... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 strani
...wildness. Well may we use the noble words of Milton : — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what a nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the...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... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 346 strani
...John Milton, which cannot be too often quoted : — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors...ingenious, and piercing spirit : acute to invent, ' subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 312 strani
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 602 strani
...imitated in Great Britain; « a Nation, » to use the magnificent language of England's great Poet, « not slow and dull, but of a 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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