 Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their...  The English Journal of Education - Page 3201847Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets d spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuri goverement, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets wintery tomb in prime of May ! THOMSON. CANTO I What youthful bride can equal he goverement, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece ond Rome. In them is... | |
 | Ebenezer Carter Tracy - Cherokee Indians - 1845 - 462 pages
...relations of social, civil, and political life, in the spirit of the Hebrew prophets, in whose writings Is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so. According to his views of political economy, it was of little consequence whether the wealth of a community... | |
 | Ebenezer Carter Tracy - Cherokee Indians - 1845 - 462 pages
...relations of social, civil, and political life, in the spirit of the Hebrew prophets, in whose writings In plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so. According to his views of political economy, it was of little consequence whether the wealth of a community... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 726 pages
...eloquence ; statists indeed, Aad lover* of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our PEOPHITS far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, la their majestic, unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is plainest taught,... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 738 pages
...In their majestic, unaffected style, Thau all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is ¡daines! taught, and easiest learnt. What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so !" After the death of Straflbrd, public affairs advanced to a crisis rapidly. The gradual disclosures... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...eloquence; statists indeed. And lovers of their country, as may seem ; 356 But herein to our prophets far beneath, „, As men divinely taught, and better...government, , In their majestic unaffected style, Than all th' oratory of Greece and Rome. . 380 ii them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...of eloquence; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learn'd, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so; PARADISE REGAINED. What ruins kingdoms, and lays... | |
 | Hugh A. Garland - Biography & Autobiography - 1850 - 336 pages
...their young friend and kinsman was a welcome and an attentive listener to those high themes, teaching " What makes a nation happy and keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms and lays cities flat." We may well conceive how his bosom dilated, and his eye kindled with unwonted fire, as they narrated... | |
 | Theology - 1850 - 778 pages
...the inspired record above all. Thdy deemed the orators of Greece and Rome " Far beneath the prophets As men divinely taught, and better teaching, The solid rules of civil government, In thejr majestic, unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome ; In them is plainest taught... | |
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