 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 difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference...  Orations from Homer to William McKinley - Page 1968edited by - 1902 - 11114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Purviance - Baltimore (Md.) - 1849 - 250 pages
...described by Lord Chatham, " for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no...can stand in preference to the general congress at Philahelphia." The Baltimore committee appear to have lost no occasion to keep alive the spirit of... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 436 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult eircumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at Philadelphia."* Jay, Livingston, and Morris, were among the most active and enlightened members that formed the first... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...states of the world—that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no...despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when... | |
 | John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand...preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." The appearance of things in- Massachusetts was far from being auspicious. Soon after General Gage's... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...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 the general Congress of Philadelphia." On the 8th of April, 1777, Congress, by resolution, ordered " that a monument be... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1851 - 606 pages
...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 the general Congress of Philadelphia." On the 8th of April, 1777, Congress, by resolution, ordered "that a monument be erected... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1851 - 594 pages
...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 the general Congress of Philadelphia." On the 8th of April, 1777, Congress, by resolution, ordered " that a monument be... | |
 | Daniel Webster - History - 1852 - 68 pages
...master-states of the world, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no...despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no...Lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon - - h men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be ratal.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...and simplicity of language, — for everything respectable and honorable, — they stand unrivalled. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships that all attempts...despotism over such a mighty Continental Nation, must be vain, must be fatal. This wise People speak out. They do not hold the language of slaves. They tell... | |
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