...of 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...

...government, tried upon a nation, not slow and dull, but, in the words of its immortal advocate, "of a quirk, ingenious, and piercing spirit — acute to invent,...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." That James could have deceived himself respecting the nature of the monarchy of England was utterly...

...elevating prerogative. " Consider, Sir, what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are one of the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of...ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile aad sinewy in' discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar...

...church ; not the forced and outward union, of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided mind;. Lord« and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the goтепмп : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to...

...1ierpetuation, and the growth, and the moral influence of your institutions." KENTUCKY REPORT. " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity...

...do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep,...

...oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep,...

...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at no auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time...

...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at no auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time...

...to abroad. I bore in remembrance that Milton, at IO auspicious period, had described our nation as " not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to ;" and could not but feel astonished at an attempt to estimate the intellectual spirit of the time...