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" You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 484
edited by - 1827
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History ..., Volume 42; Volume 65

1824 - 884 pages
...proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated [147 thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 63

1848 - 802 pages
...affords. Hergiant strength slumbers, not sleeps. Our ships of war, in the noble words of Mr Canning, " how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stilluess, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 48

William Cobbett - 1823 - 430 pages
...howr soon ons of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect strllness— ^-hdw soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity,...as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it w»uld put forth 327 NOVEMBER 8, 1823. all its beauty, and its bravery — collect its scattered elements...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1824 - 890 pages
...proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses now reposing...motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its .-.welling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty, and its bravery — collect its...
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Annual Register, Volume 65

Edmund Burke - 1824 - 894 pages
...proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated [147 thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage...
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The National magazine and general review

James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how toon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing im their shadows in perfect stillness ; — how soon,...assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct MI'' life and motion ;-—hou soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage;— how quickly...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1826 - 570 pages
...proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, 'gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...shadows in perfect stillness ;— how soon, upon any csill of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with...
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The Political Primer: Or, Road to Public Honours

Political primer - 1826 - 208 pages
...proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness;—how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1827 - 576 pages
...that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage;—how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements...
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The Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning, Volume 6

George Canning - 1828 - 458 pages
...they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being jitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stittness, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness...
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