I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this... Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Página 1561854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John West - 1827 - 142 páginas
...lest delay should burn your hearts any longer, I give you the cool refreshing word, Away /" And " we may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and...eminent orator, (if Europe has furnished more eminent,)" says Jefferson, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, " to produce a single passage superior to the... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 páginas
...because it is displayed, chiefly, in their own councils. Some, however, we have of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator,—if Europe has furnished more eminent,—to produce a single passage, superior to the speech... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 páginas
...because it is displayed chiefly in their own councils. Some, however, we have of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce n single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 588 páginas
...found out of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, ' I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to thé speech of Logan.' But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief," that is, an Iroquois.... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 582 páginas
...of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, '1 may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and...Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe 1ms furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan,' But let it... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 páginas
...because it is displayed, chiefly, in their own councils. Some, however, we have of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...any more eminent orator, — if Europe has furnished mor» eminent, — to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to... | |
| Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1837 - 230 páginas
...attributed to the Mingo chief, Logan, is remarkable ; it is interesting, and I will quote it : — " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent (says Mr. Jefferson), to D2 produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief,... | |
| William Leete Stone - 1838 - 540 páginas
...language. Mr. Jefferson remarked of it — " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes, " and of Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage su" perior to it ;" and an American statesman and scholar,* scarcely less illustrious than the author... | |
| William Leete Stone - 1838 - 568 páginas
...language. Mr. Jefferson remarked of it — " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes, " and of Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage su" perior to it ;" and an American statesman and scholar,* scarcely less illustrious than the author... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1841 - 790 páginas
...found out of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, ' I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...produce a single passage superior to the speech of lagan.' But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief," that is, an Iroquois. The time is not... | |
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