...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 human capacity...

...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...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation did he (Lord Lansdown) think Ireland was. He besought the house to remember, that over...

...inwardly divided minds. Lords and commons of England ! consider what j nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the / governors ; a nation not...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle i and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of! any point the highest that human capacity...

...Lords and Commons of England ! Consider what nation it n whereof ye are the governors : a nation nut slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing...invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath Ihe reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation was Ireland. Hebesought...

...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...

...have swept away the curse of the dust from these volumes long since, and, in " such a nation as this, not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit," should, in spite of popular ingratitude or fickleness, or the fire of the common hangman, or the cavils...

...institutions." KENTUCKY REPORT. " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity...

...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...