 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...  Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley - Page 146by Cassell, ltd - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Algernon Sidney - 1805 - 522 pages
...A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in their deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity,... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...divided minds. Lards 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...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any .point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1848 - 752 pages
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point the highest that human capacity can soar to.' A memory which seemed to retain all that he ever read or heard, furnished an inexhaustible storehouse... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 464 pages
...Governors: a Nation not slow and dull, " but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to iu" vent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Montesquieu has dedicated more than one Book of his work on Laws to the effects of Climate upon the... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 484 pages
...Imprimatur — " 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, "...a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to in" vent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach " of any point the highest that human... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pages
...writers of all ages, and especially in our own country ; " a nation," as Milton has described it, " not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." We are not sufficiently dogmatical to believe that our peculiar notions should regulate all the rest... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pages
...KINGDOM, BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE. " Lords and Commons of England, consider what a Nation it is whereof ye are the Governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but...quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1824 - 408 pages
...writers of all ages, and especially in our own country ; " a nation," as Milton has described it, " not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." We are not sufficiently dogmatical to believe that our peculiar notions should regulate all the rest... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...inwardly-divided minds. 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...eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity and able judgment have been persuaded, that even the school of Pythagoras and the Persian wisdom took beginning... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1825 - 728 pages
...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...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation did he (lord L.) think Ireland was. He besought the House to remember, that over this... | |
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