In this situation of this Assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when .presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of... The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography - Strana 474podľa Benjamin Franklin - 1818Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1819 - Počet stránok 896
...dark to (¡¡ni political truth, and scarcely able to distinguish it when presented to us, liow has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought...— In the beginning of the contest with Britain, wheu we were sensible of danger, we bad daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection ! Our... | |
| 1821 - Počet stránok 702
...how it happened, that while ' groping as it were in the dark, to find political truth,' they had not once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate their understandings? " I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
| Počet stránok 664
...how it happened, that while ' groping as it were in the dark, to find political truth,' they had not once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate their understandings? " I have lived. Sir, (said he) a long time ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - Počet stránok 360
...the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us ; how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought...Lights, to illuminate our understandings ? In the beginuing of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - Počet stránok 628
...how it happened that while ' groping as it were, in the dark, to find political truth/ they had not once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate their. understandings? — " I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time; and the longer I live, tine... | |
| John Thornton - 1824 - Počet stránok 394
...to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights, to illuminate oar understandings ? In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger,... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - Počet stránok 562
...the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought...Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily pmyers in this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, sir, were heard ;-—and they were graciously... | |
| 1829 - Počet stránok 742
...the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought...of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible uf danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, sir, were heard... | |
| Anna C. Reed - 1832 - Počet stránok 282
...the dark to find political truth, and scarcely able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Light to illuminate our understandings? — In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - Počet stránok 608
...the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it, when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought...Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard ; and they were graciously... | |
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