 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...transmitted •o us from America ; when you consider their decency, fivrn. Bess, and wisdom, you can not but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has feeen my favorite study, I have read Thucydides, and have... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1848 - 208 pages
...very honestly, ' J'ai peur qu'il ne me prenne ;' — I'm afraid he'll take me. " When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favourite study — I have read Thucydides, and... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 742 pages
...Chatham, in the House of Lords : ' When you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom,' said he, ' you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading, and it has been my favorite pursuit, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 492 pages
...Lord Chatham, in the House of Lords: " When you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom," said he, "you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading, and it has been my favorite pursuit, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 446 pages
...Congress, and which drew forth the following panegyric from the great Chatham: " When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America,...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study (I have read Thucydides and have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...subject in the House of Lords, could not restrain his enthusiasm. " When your lordships," said he, "look at the papers transmitted to us from America...own. For myself, I must declare and avow that, in the master states of the world, I know not the people, or senate, who, in such a complication of difficult... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...dignity; " Tuque prior, tu parce; projice tela manu." When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America; when you consider their decency,...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation—and it has been my favorite study—I have read Thucydides, and have... | |
 | Daniel Webster - History - 1852 - 68 pages
...first reading of them, to this present hour : " When your lordships look at the papers, transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency,...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study, I have read Thucydides, and have... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...wound which years, perhaps ages, may not heal. It will be immedicab'Je vulnus. When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America,...respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. I must declare and avow, that, in the master States of the world, I know not the People nor the Senate,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...not heal. It will be immedlcubile cultius. When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to ns from America, — when you consider their decency,...but respect their cause, and wish to make it your owru I must declare and avow, that, in the master States of the world, I know not the People nor the... | |
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When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. 
