| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 páginas
...study,—I have read +Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that, for solidity of reasoning, force of + sagacity, and...wisdom of conclusion, under such a + complication of diflicult circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress... | |
| Stephen W. Clark - 1853 - 242 páginas
...subtlety of argument—nor was he, like Townshend, forever on the rock of exertion."—Robertson. " For solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficulties, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia."—Pitt.... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 páginas
...my favourite study; I have ' read Thucydides and have admired the master-states ' of the world,—no nation or body of men can stand in ' preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. ' All attempts to impose servitude on such men, to esta' blish despotism over such a mighty Continent,... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1853 - 318 páginas
...Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world,) I say, I must declare, that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication rf difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general Congress... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 410 páginas
...my favourite study; I have " read Thucydides and have admired the master-states " of the world,—no nation or body of men can stand in "preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. " All attempts to impose servitude on such men, to esta" blish despotism over such a mighty Continent,... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 418 páginas
...my favourite study; I have " read Thucydides and have admired the master-states " of the world,—no nation or body of men can stand in " preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. " All attempts to impose servitude on such men, to esta" blish despotism over such a mighty Continent,... | |
| 1854 - 494 páginas
...study, I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-statesmen of the world, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and...lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men; to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal. We... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 804 páginas
...study—I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world—that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and...preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." This encomium, so just and so grand, so grave and во measured, and the more impressive on account... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 762 páginas
...studied and admired the master states of the world—that for solidity of reasoning, force of eagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication...preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." This encomium, so just and so grand, so grave am so measured, and the more impressive on account of... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1854 - 406 páginas
...and fame that kings might covet. have studied and admired the master spirits of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to tho General Congress at Philadelphia.... | |
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