 I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.  The Works of Thomas Jefferson - Page 440by Thomas Jefferson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1741 - 776 pages
...ipeech'Ot Login, a Mingo chief, to Ixird DunMore* wlwn governor of thi» lt.it c. And, as a tefUmony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, fVrft dating the incidents ncccfTary for underftanding it. In the fpring of the year 1774 a robbery... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 530 pages
...the fpeech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord KKinmore, when governor of Virginia, And, as a teflimony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, firít itating- the incidents neceffary for underftanding it. In the Spring of the year 1774, a robbery... | |
 | History - 1789 - 592 pages
...particular account of the Government of the Druzes, a People of Syria^-fnm the fame tcork 1^3 Remarkable Speech of Logan, a Mingo Chief, to Lord Dunmore, "when Governor of Virginia— from Mr. Jefferjon's Obfervations on Buffo/rs Remarks on the Indians of Not tb ¿imerica... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...eminent orator, if Europe has furnifhed more eminent, to produce a fingle paflage, fuperior to the fpeech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this ftate. And, as a teftimony of their talents in this line, 1 beg leave to introduce it, firft ftating... | |
 | William Winterbotham - History - 1795 - 626 pages
...orator, if Europe has furniQied more eminent, to pro. duce'a fingle paflage fuperior to the fpecch of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore when governor of this ftate. The {lory is as follows; of which, and of the fpeech, the authenticity is unqueftionable. In... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to...Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state. And, as a • XVIII. 14$ f Linn. Syft. Definition of a Man. testimony of their talents hi this line, I beg leave... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton - Indians of North America - 1812 - 90 pages
...whole orations of Demosthenes, and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan." But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief, the second son of Shikellemus, a celebrated... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1814 - 558 pages
...whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan." But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief, the second son of Shikellemus, a celebrated... | |
 | W. C. Harvey - 1818 - 350 pages
...whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, (if Europe has furnished more eminent,) to produce a single passage superior to...Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when Governor of the state of Virginia. The story is as follows ; of which, and of the speech, the authenticity is unquestionable.... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1819 - 324 pages
...example?, because it is chieffy displayed in their own councils. One, however, we have of superior lustre: the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of Virginia, at the close of a war in which the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delaufcres were united. The Indians... | |
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