 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 the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last...  American Literature 1607-1885 - Page 189by Charles Francis Richardson - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 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 ;...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Trust it not, sir ; it will prove a snare to 9 I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that lamp is experience. I know of no way of judging of 11 your feet: suffer not yourselves to be betrayed... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...whatever anguish of spirit it may cost. I am willing to know the whole truth, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are .guided ; and that fe the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future, but by the past. And, judging... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1842 - 322 pages
...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. And, judging by the past,...there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to justify these Lopes, with which gentlemen have been pleased to solaco themselves... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 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 ;...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 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 ;...the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1852 - 516 pages
...to know the whole truth-to know the worst and provide for it . I have but one lamp to guide my feet and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...it may cost!, I am willing to know the whole" truth; to know the worst\ and to provide' for it. of the future', but by the past*; and, judging by the...there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years', to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1853 - 456 pages
...whole1 truth — | to know the worsi', ] and to provide, for it. | I have but one lamp by which my1 feei are guided ; | and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future, ! but by the pasi1: | and, judging by the past, \ I wish to know | what there has been... | |
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