 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 Prose Works of John Milton - Page 115by John Milton - 1835 - 976 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cooke Taylor - Factory system - 1842 - 312 pages
...and Commons of England ! consider what " it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the govern" ors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick , " ingenious, and piercing spirit : acute to invent, sub" tie and sinewy to discourse ; not benenth the reach " of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Factory system - 1842 - 346 pages
...Lords and Commons of England ! consider what 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 of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1842 - 602 pages
...imitated in Great Britain; « a Nation, » to use the magnificent language of England's great Poet, « not slow and dull, but of a quick, « ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent , subtle and « sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the « highest that human capacity... | |
 | George Moody - Education - 1843 - 444 pages
...No. II. I. Lords and Commons of England 1 consider what a nation it is whereof ye are the governors: a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. . . . . What wants there to such towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make... | |
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 pages
...and Commons of England, consider what * nation 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 of any point the highest that human capa' city... | |
 | 1844 - 702 pages
...and Commons of England, consider what 4 nation 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 of any point the highest that human capa' city... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...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...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to. Methinks 1 see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...not slow and dulf7T>ut~oT a 'quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile aijd sinewy "to discourse, not beneath the reach of any...point the highest that human capacity .can soar to. Tbaccfi^re the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...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, subfile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...Milton bestowed upon their forefathers — " a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, and piercing spirit, — acute to invent, subtile...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... | |
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