 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 - Página 181824Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1860 - 806 páginas
...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 - 1862 - 120 páginas
...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 - 1862 - 310 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 1865 - 784 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 1867 - 766 páginas
...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 - 1867 - 756 páginas
...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 páginas
...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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