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" Lords and commons 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 piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the... "
Moffatt's pupil teachers' course (ed. by T. Page). Candidates, 2nd (-4th) year - Page 207
by Moffatt and Paige - 1879
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The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...in a church ; not the forced and outward union, of cold, and /_neutral, and inwardly divided minds. Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation...ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subfile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With an Introductory Review, Volume 1

John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...harmony in a church; not the forced and outward union, of_cold^and neutral, andihwardTy divided muuls, / lords and commons of England ! consider what nation...whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow and dulf7T>ut~oT a 'quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile aijd sinewy "to discourse,...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volumes 1-2; Volumes 15-16

Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...Milton bestowed upon their forefathers — " a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, inquiring, and piercing spirit, — acute to invent, subtile...point the highest that human capacity can soar to." The British Newspaper Press has of late years done a great deal, a very great deal, to vindicate its...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. Lords and Commons of England I ve told, So Tale, vale ; ho, ho, ho ! gentleman, who...song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful that human capacity can soar to. * * Methinks I see in uiy mind a noble and puissant nation rousing...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...deliverance, as (hall never be forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. share That arc so wondrous sweet and fair 1 Old Aye and Death. The arc, and whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and...
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The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1847 - 568 pages
...in a church ; not the forced and outward union, of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided minds. I Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye jare, and whereof ye are the governors ; a nation not slow and dull, but of a ;quick, ingenious, and...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...Agonistes'in 1671. He died on the 8th of November, 1674, and was buried in St. Giles's, Cripplegate.] 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...
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The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - Essays - 1848 - 566 pages
...harmony in a church; not the forced and outward union of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided minds. , Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation...point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...deliverance, as ehall never be forgotten by any revolution of time that this world hath to finish. implore to write to you. With a fa la, Ja, la, la. For though the that human capacity can soar to. * * Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing...
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Niles' National Register, Volume 66

1844 - 454 pages
...of England! consider what it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governor*: a nation not clow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse; not beneath any point, the highCat that human capacity can toar to....
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