 If this state of his, country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate indeed, if he lives to...  The Quarterly Review - Page 42edited by - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years,...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more. You have... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 pages
...you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life!—If this state of his had been foretold to him, would it not require all...shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of this day I* He proceeds to the agriculture and fisheries of the colonies, details their flourishing... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 pages
...varieties of " people, by succession of civilizing « rnTiMiii>cr« and riviliyintr «/>rtl*Vnpntl require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day !" We have extended our observations on this pamphlet farther than we intended. But its singular political... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1804 - 694 pages
...all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it Ï Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day !" We have extended our observations on this pamphlet farther than we intended. But its singular political... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 714 pages
...enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate indeed, if he li ves to see nothing that shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day !" JP We have extended our observations on this pamphlet farther than we intended. But its singular... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...brought in by varieties of people, by succession of VOL. IT. E civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years,...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more. You have... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...youth, foreseeing the many virtues, which made him one of the most amiable, as he is one of the most of his country had been foretold to him, would it...see nothing that shall vary the prospect, and cloud :' setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from sud thoughts I resume this comparative vie»... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...varieties of people, by succession of civilising conquests and civilising settlements in a series of 1,700 years, you shall see as much added to her by America...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts, I resume this comparative view once more. You have... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...varieties of people, by succession of civilising conquests and civilising settlements in a series of 1,700 years, you shall see as much added to her by America...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts, I resume this comparative view once more. You have... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...hundred years, you shall see as much added to her l>y America, in the course of a single life!" If thia state of his country had been foretold to him, would...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day! Excuse ma, sir, if turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more. You liave seen... | |
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