 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...  The Examiner - Página 1451825Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1824 - 408 páginas
...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 spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1826 - 868 páginas
...rulers, said, " Lords and commons of England ! Consider what nation it is whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation did he (Lord Lansdown)... | |
 | 1826 - 860 páginas
...Lords and Commons of England ! Consider what nation it n whereof ye are the governors : a nation nut slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing...invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath Ihe reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation was Ireland. Hebesought... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 páginas
...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 of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1831 - 702 páginas
...government, tried upon a nation, not slow and dull, but, in the words of its immortal advocate, "of a quirk, ingenious, and piercing spirit — acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse — not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." That James could have deceived... | |
 | John Arthur Roebuck - 1835 - 584 páginas
...prerogative. " Consider, Sir, what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are one of the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile aad sinewy in' discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 páginas
...have swept away the curse of the dust from these volumes long since, and, in " such a nation as this, not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit," should, in spite of popular ingratitude or fickleness, or the fire of the common hangman, or the cavils... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyse - 1836 - 578 páginas
...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 of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 páginas
...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 of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1839 - 180 páginas
..." Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation ye are of, 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 of any point, the highest that human capacity... | |
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