 In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in 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...  The Life of George Washington - Page 210by Anna C. Reed - 1832 - 266 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...this situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to findpolitical truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings? — In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...find none of their constitutions suitable to our circumstances. scarce able to distinguish it w hen presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ?—In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how as it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?— In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...the 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 of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ? — In the beginning of the contest with Britain, wheu we... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...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...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights, to illuminate our understandings ? In the beginuing of the contest with Britain, when we were... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...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...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights, to illuminate our understandings ? In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...circumstances. In this situation, 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 that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights, to illuminate oar... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...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...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ?— In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...circumstances. In this situation of this assembly, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ? — In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1833 - 600 pages
...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...hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ? In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were... | |
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