 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 reach...  The Parliamentary Debates - Page 895by Great Britain. Parliament - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Algernon Sidney - Monarchy - 1805 - 522 pages
...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 pages
...inwardly 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...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any .point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Missions - 1848 - 752 pages
...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 - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 484 pages
...an 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...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 - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 464 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1822 - 580 pages
..."COMMONS" OF THE 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...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 - 1822 - 576 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 868 pages
...restriction. It was a nation which he hardly felt himself able to describe, and to which he should should therefore apply the words of a writer who was...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 - 1826 - 368 pages
...inwardly divided minds. Lords and commons of England ! consider what j nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the / governors ; a nation not slow...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 - 860 pages
...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... | |
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