| Algernon Sidney - 1805 - 522 pagina’s
...all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from 4 nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge. What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages, and... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 436 pagina’s
...fo prone to feek after knowledge ? What wants there to fuch a towardly and pregnant foil, but wife and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of fagcs, and of worthies ? We reckon more than five months yet to harveft ; there need not be five weeks,... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pagina’s
...reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assorting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant...to seek after knowledge ? What wants there to such atowardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 634 pagina’s
...— others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement ; what could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What VOL. xxxvi. NO. LX.\I. D wants wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
| Francis Maseres - 1809 - 638 pagina’s
...fo prone to feek after knowledge ? What wants there to fuch a towardly and pregnant foil, but wife and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of fages, and of worthies ? We reckon more than five months yet to liarveft ; there need not be five weeks,... | |
| John Milton - 1819 - 484 pagina’s
...Reformation : others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of Reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a Nation so pliant...Knowledge. What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and faithfull labourers, to make a knowing People, a Nation of Prophets, of Sages,... | |
| John Milton - 1819 - 464 pagina’s
...seek after Knowledge. What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and faithfull labourers, to make a knowing People, a Nation of Prophets, of Sages, and of Worthies. We reck'n more then five months yet to harvest ; there need not be five weeks, had we but eyes to lift... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pagina’s
...reformation: others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant...towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful laborers, to make a knowing People, a Nation of Prophets, of Sages, and of Worthies ?" MILTON. Speech... | |
| 1822 - 576 pagina’s
...knowledge ? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful laborers, to make a knowing People, a Nation of Prophets, of Sages, and of WorthiesŁ*f,.',. MILTON. Speech for the Liberty of the Press. PREFACE. THESE Letters have been hastily... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 368 pagina’s
...reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation, so pliant...towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful laborers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies ? We reckon more... | |
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