..." 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...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." Such a nation did he (lord L.) think Ireland was. He besought the House to remember, that over this...

...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...point, the highest that human capacity can soar to." We are not sufficiently dogmatical to believe that our peculiar notions should regulate all the rest...

...of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and...studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and able judgment, have been persuaded...

...England ! consider what j nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the / governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick,/ 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 can...

..." 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 invent, subtile 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 spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath Ihe reach of any point the highest that human capacity...

...of its immortal advocate, "of a quirk, ingenious, and piercing spirit — acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse — not beneath the reach...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...

...nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." ' This is certainly a satisfactory view of the tendencies of the popular mind, and one which is highly...

...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 a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtile aad sinewy in' discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity...

...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...