 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 Seiten
...And wherefore, I would ask you, not ? Consider what we are, and have been—' a nation, not slow nor 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... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 Seiten
...we use the noble words of Milton : — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what a nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors :...beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 346 Seiten
...Milton, which cannot be too often quoted : — " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors :...beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. What wants there to such a towaidly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | 1842 - 602 Seiten
...imitated in Great Britain; « a Nation, » to use the magnificent language of England's great Poet, « not slow and dull, but of a quick, « ingenious, and...beneath the reach of any point the « highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the « studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so an«... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 312 Seiten
...and Commons of England ! consider what " it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the govern" ors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick , " ingenious, and piercing spirit : acute to invent, sub" tie and sinewy to discourse ; not benenth the reach " of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1843 - 454 Seiten
...THOUGHTS FOR SCHOOLMASTERS. No. II. I. Lords and Commons of England I consider what a nation it is whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...revolution of time that this world hath to finish. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is ds, innocent and quiet, take Tha subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...under the wardship of an overseeing fist. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors;...quick, ingenious and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 Seiten
...and /_neutral, and inwardly divided minds. Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors ;...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subfile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 Seiten
...of_cold^and neutral, andihwardTy divided muuls, / lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye /are, and whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow and dulf7T>ut~oT a 'quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile aijd sinewy "to discourse,... | |
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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... 
