I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state. Relics of Literature - Page 194by Reuben Percy - 1823 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
| Fort Hill Cemetery Association - 1853 - 146 pages
...is there to mourn for Logan ? — Not one.' LOGAN. "Of this powerful address, Mr. Jefferson says : 'I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan;' and an American statesman and scholar, scarcely less illustrious than the author of this noble eulogium,... | |
| John Ludlum McConnel - 1853 - 400 pages
...suspicion. "I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero," he says, " and of any other more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more...produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan 1" Praise certainly quite high enough, for a mixture of lamentation and boastfulness. \ The evidence... | |
| John Ludlum McConnel - 1853 - 408 pages
...suspicion. "I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero," he says, " and of any other more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more...produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan 1" Praise certainly quite high enough, for a mixture of lamentation and boastful ness. f The evidence... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 pages
...orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and, indeed, of any more eminent orators, if Europe, or the world, has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, delivered to Lord Dunmore, when governor of Virginia. As a + testimony of Indian talents in this line,... | |
| William Chambers - 1853 - 370 pages
...: ' I may challenge the whole oratioriS of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent onttor, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan ;' and an American statesman and scholar, scarcely less illustrious than the author of this nohle eulogium,... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 634 pages
...because it is displayed chiefly in their own councils. Some, however, we have, of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, then governor of this State. And as a testimony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 pages
...because it is displayed chiefly in their own councils. Some, however, we have, of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, then governor of this State. And as a testimony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce... | |
| 1854 - 426 pages
...life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? Not one !' Of this powerful address, Mr Jefferson says : ' I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan ;' and an American statesman and scholar, scarcely less illustrious than the author of this noble eulogium,... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1854 - 782 pages
...of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, ' I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan.' But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief," that is, an Iroquois. The titne is not far... | |
| James Wickes Taylor - 1854 - 562 pages
...heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? Not one. Of this production, Jefferson says: "I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord... | |
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