 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 Canadian Magazine - Pagina 429geredigeerd door - 1904Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Algernon Sidney - 1805 - 522 pagina’s
...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, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pagina’s
...divided minds. Lards 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... | |
 | 1848 - 752 pagina’s
...Hamilton may he truly applied the well-known description given by Milton of the English people — ' A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 484 pagina’s
...Imprimatur — " 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, "...a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to in" vent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach " of any point the highest that human... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 464 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pagina’s
...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...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." We are not sufficiently dogmatical to believe that our peculiar notions should regulate all the rest... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pagina’s
...KINGDOM, BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE. " Lords and Commons of England, consider what a Nation it is whereof ye are the Governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but...quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1822 - 576 pagina’s
...Commons of England, consider what a Nation it is whereof ye are the Governors: a Nation not slow'and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any, point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1824 - 408 pagina’s
...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...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." We are not sufficiently dogmatical to believe that our peculiar notions should regulate all the rest... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pagina’s
...inwardly-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...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... | |
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