 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...a church; not the forced and outward union, of_cold^and neutral, andihwardTy divided muuls, / lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is...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,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...Milton bestowed upon their forefathers — " a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, and piercing spirit, — acute to invent, subtile...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." The British Newspaper Press has of late years done a great deal, a very great deal, to vindicate its... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. Lords and Commons of England I ve told, So Tale, vale ; ho, ho, ho ! gentleman, who...song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful that human capacity can soar to. * * Methinks I see in uiy mind a noble and puissant nation rousing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...this world hath to finish. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye arc, re quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we...more. . For then we know how vain it was to boast that human capacity can soar to. * * Mcthinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...Agonistes'in 1671. He died on the 8th of November, 1674, and was buried in St. Giles's, Cripplegate.] dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...deliverance, as ehall never be forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. Lords re to write to you. With a fa la, Ja, la, la. For though the that human capacity can soar to. * * Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...of England! consider what it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governor*: a nation not clow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse; not beneath any point, the highCat that human capacity can toar to.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...of time that this world hath to finish. Lords and Common« of England ! consider what nation it ia 50 that human capacity can soar to. * * Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing... | |
 | American Medical Association - Electronic journals - 1850 - 516 pages
...could with no less truth address them to our own: — "Lords and Commons of England! consider what a nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the...of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute VOL. III. — 13 to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the... | |
 | American Medical Association - Electronic journals - 1850 - 516 pages
...and could he stand in our midst this day, he could with no less truth address them to our own : — to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." In the American character almost every element which in Europe is reckoned to be national, is transfused... | |
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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... 
