 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...  The Eclectic Review - Page 379edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 pages
...that in all my reading of his" tory, — and it has been my favourite study ; I have " read Thucydides and have admired the master-states " of the world,..." All attempts to impose servitude on such men, to esta" blish despotism over such a mighty Continent, must be " vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...of ''"sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a "'" complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia. 8. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men; to... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 424 pages
...reading of history, — and it has been my "favourite study; I have read Thucydides and have ad" mired the master-states of the world, — no nation or body...''must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ulti" mately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we "must. I say we must necessarily... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 784 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." This encomium, so just and so grand, so grave and so measured, and the more impressive on account of... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 762 pages
...force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." This encomium, so just and so grand, so grave and so measured, and the more impressive on account of... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia.' 08 ho did. It was no contradiction to what you say ia some part of your book, that he never took the... | |
 | Stephen W. Clark - 1855 - 258 pages
...of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication ofdifiiculties, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia." — Pitt. " On every side, sweet sunny spots of verdure smile towards him from among... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 436 pages
...sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no, nation, nor body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose a servitude upon such men, to... | |
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