| Caleb Bingham - Elocution - 1811 - 316 pages
...own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favourite study: I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-states ot the world:) I say I must declare, that, for solidity and reasoning, force of sagacity,... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...independence. "I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study, I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world, but for solidity of reasoning, force of •agacity and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study — I have re»d Thucidydes, and hive studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity and reasoning, force of sagacity, ml wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of different circumstances,... | |
| Richard Henry Lee - United States - 1825 - 318 pages
...your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favourite study, I have read Thucydides, and have...of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the genera) .... | |
| Daniel Webster - Eulogies - 1826 - 74 pages
...declare, that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that... | |
| 1826 - 438 pages
...declare, that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that... | |
| John Sanderson - United States - 1827 - 360 pages
...Fpr myself, I fnust declare and avow, that in all my reading, and it has been my favourite pursuit, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under all the circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at... | |
| Declaration - 1827 - 364 pages
...For myself, 1 must declare and avow, that in all my reading, and it has been my favourite pursuit, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under all the circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at... | |
| Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 606 pages
...your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favourite study, I have read Thucydides, and have...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... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...declare, that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that... | |
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