 I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.  The London Magazine - Stran 4181822Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 strani
...whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ;...future, but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know, what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years,... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 strani
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the WHOLE TRUTH ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ;...future | but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know | what there has been | in the conduct of the British ministry | for the last ten years,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 strani
...I am willing to know the whole1 truth — to know the worsi1, [ and to provide for it. | I have bui one lamp by which my feet, are guided ; | and that...know of no way of judging of the future, ] but by the pas/1 : | and, judging by the past, \ I wish to know | what there has been in the conduct of the British... | |
 | Salem Town - 1856 - 420 strani
...it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. $. 1 have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and...future but by the past.' And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 strani
...I hear an idle tale Of any shocking ghost, ^ I '11 tell of this, my lonely walk, AN APPEAL TO ARMS. I HAVE but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and...future but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years,... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 strani
...he said, " but one lamp by which his feet were guided; and that was the lamp of experience. He knew of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, he wished to know what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years,... | |
 | Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 strani
...visionary when it came to positing the fundamentals of the new political order. In 1775 he declared: "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided,...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past."2 The American leaders found support for this attitude in the revered model... | |
 | Stephen Feinstein - 2001 - 116 strani
...liberty? For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth: to know the worst and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided. And that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future except by the past. Consider the British conduct these last 10 years.... | |
 | Deborah Homsher - 2000 - 264 strani
...week, or next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed?" In that same glorious speech, Henry said: "I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past." In the past when we gun owners have come together to fight for freedom, we have won the day. The fight... | |
 | Daniel E. Lapin - 2002 - 376 strani
...the Virginia convention on March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry said: "I have but one lamp by which my feer are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I...the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ren years to... | |
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