 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. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and...  Life of George Washington - Seite 425von Washington Irving - 1869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...celebrated writings of antiquity, have I often admired the patriotism of Greece and Rome : but, my lords, I must declare and avow, that in the master states of the world, I know not the people or the senate, who, in such a complication of difficult circumstances, can stand in preference to the... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 Seiten
...America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot 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 been my favorite study : I have read Thucidyd«8, and have... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1807 - 556 Seiten
...America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that all my reading and observation — and history has CHAP, been my favourite study, — all that I have... | |
 | 1808 - 546 Seiten
...celebrated writings of antiquity have I often admired the patriotism of Greece and Rome; but, my lords, I must declare and avow, that, in the master. states of the world, I know not the people'* nor the senate, who in such a complication of difficult circumstances, can stand in preference to the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 Seiten
...America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot 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 been my favourite study — I have read Thucidydes and... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 380 Seiten
...America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot 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 been my favourite study — I have read Thucidydesj and... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 378 Seiten
...America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot 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 been my favourite study— I have read Thucidydes, and... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1813 - 768 Seiten
...America; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot 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 been my favourite study — I bave read Thucydides, and... | |
 | 1814 - 260 Seiten
...have I often admired the patriotism of Greece and Rome ; but, my Lords, I must declare and avow th 9t in the master states of the world I know not the people nor the Senate who in such a complication of difficult circumstances, can stand in preference to the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 616 Seiten
...America — when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect 1 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 been my favourite study, (I have read Thucidydes, and... | |
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