 Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach...  The Mechanics' Magazine - Seite i1857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 502 Seiten
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, and piercing spirit, — acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." The British Newspaper Press has of late years done a great deal, a very great deal, to vindicate its... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 Seiten
...died on the 8th of November, 1674, and was buried in St. Giles's, Cripplegate.] dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtle...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 566 Seiten
...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | 1844 - 454 Seiten
...it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governor*: a nation not clow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse; not beneath any point, the highCat that human capacity can toar to. What waoli tbere, to such a towardly and pregnant... | |
 | American Medical Association - 1850 - 516 Seiten
...in our midst this day, he could with no less truth address them to our own : — to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." In the American character almost every element which in Europe is reckoned to be national, is transfused... | |
 | American Medical Association - 1850 - 516 Seiten
...and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute VOL. III. — 13 to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." In the American character almost every element which in Europe is reckoned to be national, is transfused... | |
 | William Hendry Stowell - 1850 - 522 Seiten
...slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and picrring spirit: acute to invent, subtile and sine icy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to.' A memory which seemed to retain all that he ever read or heard, furnished an inexhaustible storehouse... | |
 | William Hendry Stowell - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit: acute to invent, subtile andsinewyto discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to.' A memory which seemed to retain all that he ever read or heard, furnished an inexhaustible storehouse... | |
 | Charles V. Kraitsir - 1852 - 252 Seiten
...Ye are, and whereof Ye are the governors. A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious anil piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so antient and so eminent among... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 Seiten
...consider what nation it is whereof ye are the governors ; a nation, not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to. * * * Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing... | |
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