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 Irish Quarterly Review - Сторінка 8321852Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
| Sir Thomas Wyse - 1836 - 578 стор.
...institutions." KENTUCKY REPORT. " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow...to. What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and Jaithfull laboureri to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages, and... | |
| 1836 - 804 стор.
...upon a sinking deck, • " A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, nnd piercing ipirit, }e c thu highest that human capacity can soar to." — Artopagilica. VOL. VIII. •* Or smooths his pillow... | |
| Bolton Corney - 1838 - 276 стор.
...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at no auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time... | |
| Bolton CORNEY - 1838 - 280 стор.
...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at no auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time... | |
| 1838 - 274 стор.
...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at no auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time... | |
| Bolton Corney - 1838 - 280 стор.
...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at IO auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1839 - 180 стор.
...behalf of his and our countrymen: — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation ye are of, and whereof ye are the governors. A nation not slow...the highest that human capacity can soar to. . What could a man require from such a nation, so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 стор.
...thought.* ENGLAND 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...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient and so eminent among... | |
| 1830 - 1112 стор.
...intellectual character of the three kingdoms. " 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 discerning spirit ; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any... | |
| Tracts - 1840 - 514 стор.
...and inwardlydivided minds. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning, in her deepest sciences, have been so ancient * System.— Eds.... | |
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