Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 67by Alexander Pope - 1854Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 740 pages
...and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before " yii taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole " ofthat commerce which now attracts the envy " of the world. Whatever England has been " crowing to by a progressive increase of improve" ment, brought in by varieties of people, by ĢiiTi-wion... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 366 pages
...— which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, show...brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilising conquests and civilising settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...men, and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole ofthat of our inter L- you shall see as much added to her by America in the course ofasingle life!" If this state of his country... | |
| Obadiah Rich - America - 1835 - 444 pages
...conciliation with the colonies, March 22, 1775. 4to. pp. 65. Dodsley, . Mr. Burke says, in this speech, that " whatever England has been growing to by a progressive...by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquest and civilizing settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...setting of his day! serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men, and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show...settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life !" XXXIII. ON THE RAPID... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...— which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show...brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilising conquests and civilising settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...at this day serves for little " ' more than to amuse you with stories of savage " ' men and uncouth manners, yet shall before *' ' you taste of death...increase of " ' improvement, brought in by varieties of peo" ' ple, by succession of civilizing conquests and " ' civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...amuse you with stories of savage men, and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life ! " If this state of his... | |
| Timothy Walker - History - 1838 - 40 pages
...America, which at this day serves little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men, and uncouth manners; yet shall before you taste of death, show...settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America, in the course of a single life !" NATHAN DANE, the author... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 592 pages
...amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now...settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life !" If this state of his... | |
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