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, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the... Progressive Readings in Prose - Strana 141úprava: - 1923 - Počet stránok 376Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| John Milton - 1819 - Počet stránok 464
...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... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - Počet stránok 580
...UNITED 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...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 - Počet stránok 576
...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... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1825 - Počet stránok 728
...excellence of his poetry — Milton, in speaking of the English nation, and addressing its rulers, said, " 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 piercing spirit; acute to... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - Počet stránok 368
...union of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided minds. Lords and commons of England ! consider what j nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle i and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of! any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
| 1826 - Počet stránok 860
...Lords and Commons of England ! Consider what nation it n whereof ye are the governors : a nation nut slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath Ihe reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
| 1826 - Počet stránok 868
...excellence of his poetry. Milton, in speaking of the English nation, and addressing its rulers, said, " 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 piercing spirit; acute to... | |
| John Arthur Roebuck - 1835 - Počet stránok 584
...elevating prerogative. " Consider, Sir, what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are one of the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of...quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile aad sinewy in' discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - Počet stránok 1044
...church ; not the forced and outward union, of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided mind;. Lord« and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the goтепмп : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to... | |
| 1836 - Počet stránok 804
...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... | |
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