 | Algernon Sidney - 1805 - 522 pages
...branches, beyond any man I ever knew. He had a particular way of insinuating himself into people, Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governours. A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...harmony in a church ; not the forced and outward union of and neutral, and inwardly divided minds. Lards 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... | |
 | 1848 - 752 pages
...Hamilton may he truly applied the well-known description given by Milton of the English people — ' 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 464 pages
...and Commons of England ! consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof ye are the governours : a Nation not slow and dull, but of. a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 484 pages
...beseeches the Parliament to beware of what they do by placing the Press under an Imprimatur — " 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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pages
...writers of all ages, and especially in our own country ; " a nation," as Milton has described it, " not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pages
...PEOPLE. " Lords and Commons of England, consider what a 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, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that... | |
 | 1824 - 408 pages
...writers of all ages, and especially in our own country ; " a nation," as Milton has described it, " not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1825 - 728 pages
...his poetry — Milton, in speaking of the English nation, and addressing its rulers, said, " 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... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...a church, not the forced and outward union of cold, and neutral, and inwardly-divided minds. 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... | |
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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... 
