 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...  Memoir of the Life of Richard Winter Hamilton - Стр. 469авторы: William Hendry Stowell - 1850 - Страниц: 498Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - Страниц: 346
...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 human capacity can soar to. What wants there to such a towaidly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 602
...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 human capacity can soar to. Therefore the « studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so an« cient and so eminent... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - Страниц: 312
..." ingenious, and piercing spirit : acute to invent, sub" tie and sinewy to discourse ; not benenth the reach " of any point the highest that human capacity can " soar to. What wants there to such a towardly " and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers " to make... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 948
...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 can soar to. . . . What wants there to such towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 620
...and vigorous in action. His apprehension was quick and penetrating, and his reflective power great. A memory which seemed to retain all that he ever read...equal to his power of acquiring and retaining them. Words presented themselves to him in only too great abundance; and his choice among them too constantly,... | |
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - Страниц: 652
...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 human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | 1844 - Страниц: 702
...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 human capa' city can soar to. What wants there to such a towardly and ' pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - Страниц: 572
...slow and dulf7T>ut~oT a 'quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile aijd sinewy "to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity .can soar to. Tbaccfi^re the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - Страниц: 572
...slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subfile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any 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... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 502
...slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, and piercing spirit, — acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." The British Newspaper Press has of late years done a great deal, a very great deal, to vindicate its... | |
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