 | 1822 - 734 pages
...transforms us into beasts. But is this the part of wise men, engaged in a struggle for liberty ? For myself, I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and...future but by the past ; and judging by the past, what has there been in the conduct of the British for these ten years past to justify the hope» in... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...way of judging the future, but by the past; and judging by the past, he wished to know what there bad been in the conduct of the British ministry for the...years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the hoese. It is that insidious smile with which our petition... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...he said, "but one lamp by which his Feet were guided; and that was the lamp of experience. He knew of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, he wished to know what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and...the future but by the past. And judging by the past, 1 wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...of judging of the ftiture but by the past. And judging by the past, he wished to know what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry for the...years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...eyes, see not, and having eats, hear not the things that so nearly concern their temporal salvation? 2. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. What do the war-like preparations which cover our waters, and darken our land, imply? Are they necessary... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...Virginia. He had but one lamp by which his feet were guided ; and that was the lamp of experience. He knew of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, he wished to know what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way to judge of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know- what there... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way to judge of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...Dolegates of Virginia, March, 1775, upon a resolution for organizing the Militia. Mr. President, — I HAVE but one lamp by which my feet are guided ^...way of judging of the future but by the past. And, judg. ing by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for... | |
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. 
