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
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...liberty." " 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, and pressing spirit, acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point... | |
| John Milton - 1873 - 130 páginas
...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governours; a Nation not slow and dull but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit acute to invent feuttle and sinewy to discours not below the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
| David Masson - 1873 - 754 páginas
...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 of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
| Thomas Nicholas - 1873 - 606 páginas
...mighty and peerless a race — a race which Milton has aptly described in his ^•Ircopagitica as " 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... | |
| 1874 - 712 páginas
...puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle to discourse, and not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to. Methinks... | |
| Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 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... | |
| Christopher Hill - 1982 - 308 páginas
...abolition of thought-control would liberate men's energies and lead to a great intellectual leap forward. '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... | |
| Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 páginas
...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
| Robert Martin Adams - 1983 - 646 páginas
...million or so inhabitants. Not for nothing did Milton describe his countrymen in "Areopagitica" as 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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