 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
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 pages
...have touched ! ' Lords and Commons of England, consider what * nation whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors ; — a ' nation not slow and dull,...beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...AND LONDON. 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity .can soar to. Tbaccfi^re the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...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...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subfile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...overseeing fist. 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...quick, ingenious and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.... | |
 | 1846 - 502 pages
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, 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." The British Newspaper Press has of late years done a great deal, a very great deal, to vindicate its... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...Agonistes'in 1671. He died on the 8th of November, 1674, and was buried in St. Giles's, Cripplegate.] dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit;...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...to finish. Lords and Commons of England I consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye great Tlte Old and Young Courtier. An old song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 566 pages
...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...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...of England! consider what it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governor*: a nation not clow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing...invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse; not beneath any point, the highCat that human capacity can toar to. What waoli tbere, to such a towardly and pregnant... | |
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