...the breath of Keason itself; slays an Immortality rather than a life. II.—A NATION IN ITS STRENGTH. Lords and Commons of England! Consider what nation...quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity...

...and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the guardians ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...to discourse ; not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to." Milton exhibits in his prose works not only strictness and vigor...

...prove that they are fully entitled to the praise which Milton bestowed upon their forefathers, as being a 'nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to.' " During the last few years people have gone more out of doors and...

...quotations the Millonic use of the simile in this Speech. 5. Milton's conception of true human virtue ? 6. " Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are." How does this passage go on ? C. — (a). Sir Thomas Browne's genius was essentially literary, not...

...complex sentence with a principal and two subordinate sentences, one adjective and one adverbial. (27) " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity...

...MILTON so nobly characterized the capacities of the great nation of which, in his time, we were a part: "A nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, and not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." ADDRESS OF HON....

...Milton's words once more), " What nation it is whereof they are, and whereof" (if they knew it) " they are the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point that human capacity can soar to."...

...(See Def. 22.) 68 IIL— A NATION IN ITS STRENGTH. 1. Lords and Commons of England ! consider what a nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors — a nation not slow and dull, but of quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; s acute to invent, subtile * and sinewy to discourse,* not beneath...

...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can...

...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can...