 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 730 strani
...;" I'm afraid he'll take me. " When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favourite study ; I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 strani
...Parliament,* Jan. 20, 1775. 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, — when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favorite study : I have read T hueidydes,' and have studied and admired... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 316 strani
...Parliament,'* Jan. 20, 1775. 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, — when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favorite study : I have read Thucidydes,' and have studied and admired... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 strani
...Parliament, Jan. 20, 1775. 1. When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America; when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favourite study: I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1832 - 306 strani
...PARLIAMENT, JAN. 20, 1775. T\7"HEN your lordships look at the papers trans* mitted to us from America; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish tomake it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and... | |
 | 1834 - 404 strani
...When,' said the elder Pitt, ' when your Lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America—when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom, you...I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation—and it has been my favorite study—(I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - 1834 - 386 strani
...were brought before the British House of Lords, Lord Chatham passed upon them this noble eulogium — "For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and history has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 strani
...afraid he might take me !' " When your Lordships look at the papers trans" mitted us from America, when you consider " their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...myself I must declare and avow " that in all my reading of history, — and it has " been my favourite study ; I have read Thu" cydides and have admired the... | |
 | 1840 - 740 strani
...cause that is maintained. " When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favourite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and... | |
 | Henry Brevoort Renwick, James Renwick - 1841 - 402 strani
...Chatham, in a celebrated and often-quoted speech, " look at the papers transmitted to us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow that, in all my reading and observation (and it has been my favourite study ; I have read Thucydides, and studied and admired the... | |
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When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. 
