 | Richard D. Brown - 1996 - 280 sivua
...national pride, Milton entreated the "Lords and Commons of England, [to] consider what nation . . . whereof ye are the governors: a nation not slow and...piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy in discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to."3' Milton's... | |
 | Eric Voegelin - 1999 - 332 sivua
...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... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - 1998 - 442 sivua
...turmoil. He sacralized not the nation at that point but the people, suggesting an ethnic dimension: "Lords and commons of England! consider what nation it is...not beneath the reach of any point the highest that humanity can soar to." Milton could not resist a jibe, noting that the Romans had preferred "the natural... | |
 | Ewen Green - 1998 - 968 sivua
...A STUDY IN THE ECONOMICS OF POWER BY JL GARVIN 'Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nati on it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors...quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to diseourse, not oeneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Gyan Prakash - 1999 - 322 sivua
...scientific inquiry: If I could for a moment command the organ voice of Milton I would exclaim that we are a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and 115 sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest human capacity can... | |
 | Jeremy J. Smith - 1999 - 270 sivua
...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 soar to. (2) Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest Sciences have bin so ancient, and so eminent among... | |
 | David Loewenstein, Janel M. Mueller - 2002 - 1064 sivua
...Englishmen banded together in their great workshop of war and ideas, hammering out a stirring future, 'a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit', rousing itself like Samson from its sleep to do great deeds.34 On the other hand, Parliamentary rhetoricians... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1999 - 550 sivua
...had emerged a whole society of full grown men and women, to whom Milton could justly say : " Lords and Commons of England — Consider what nation it is whereof ye are : a nation not slow and dull, but of quick, ingenious and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile... | |
 | Nicholas Deakin - 2000 - 370 sivua
...alone stands justified. CHAPTER VI A BETTER SOCIETY— SOCIALISM AND THE BRITISH TRADITION " Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is...governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, vigorous and fiery spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of... | |
 | Kate Aughterson - 2002 - 628 sivua
...continue seeking, that continue to do our ohsequies to the torn hody of our martyred saint . . . Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is...ye are the governors: a nation not slow and dull, hut of a quick, ingenious and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suhtle and sinewy to discourse, not... | |
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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, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach... 
