 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 Retrospective Review - Page 181824Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1826 - 868 pages
..." Lords and commons of England ! 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, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1826 - 860 pages
...Lords and Commons of England ! Consider what nation it n whereof ye are the governors : a nation nut slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath Ihe reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | 1831 - 702 pages
...of its immortal advocate, "of a quirk, ingenious, and piercing spirit — acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse — not beneath the reach...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." That James could have deceived himself respecting the nature of the monarchy of England was utterly... | |
 | Education - 1833 - 412 pages
...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." ' This is certainly a satisfactory view of the tendencies of the popular mind, and one which is highly... | |
 | John Arthur Roebuck - Great Britain - 1835 - 584 pages
...Consider, Sir, what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are one of the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile aad sinewy in' discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...have swept away the curse of the dust from these volumes long since, and, in " such a nation as this, not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit," should, in spite of popular ingratitude or fickleness, or the fire of the common hangman, or the cavils... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyse - Education - 1836 - 578 pages
...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...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and Jaithfull laboureri to make a... | |
 | 1836 - 804 pages
...upon a sinking deck, • " A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, nnd piercing ipirit, }e c thu highest that human capacity can soar to." — Artopagilica. VOL. VIII. •* Or smooths his pillow... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...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, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Bolton Corney - English literature - 1838 - 276 pages
...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at no auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time... | |
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