 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
 | Leeds (England) - 1860 - 806 pages
...exhuberauce of language. Milton's description of the English people has not been inaptly applied to him — " 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... | |
 | Sir George Young - Greek literature, Modern - 1862 - 120 pages
...most of the qualities that have given a permanent reputation to its name. For " this our nation is not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore," says Milton, " the studies of learning in her deepest Sciences have bin so ancient and... | |
 | Ernest Adams - English language - 1862 - 310 pages
...of England 1 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 thai, human capacity can soar to.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences hare been so ancient and so eminent among... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient and so eminent among... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and d ull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient and so eminent among... | |
 | Richard Vickerman Taylor - 1865 - 552 pages
...author's richest and most delightful compositions. The following has not been inaptly applied to him. " 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... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - United States - 1867 - 766 pages
...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...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Here, doubtless, in due time, will be found works of the deepest philosophy and science; and, until... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1867 - 756 pages
...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... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 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 7to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
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