 | George Bancroft - 1858 - 454 σελίδες
...that in all my reading, — and I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master-state's of the world, — for solidity of reason, force of...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain. We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. These... | |
 | GEORGE BANOROIT - 1858 - 450 σελίδες
...reading,—and I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master-states of the world,—for solidity of reason, force of sagacity, and wisdom...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. These... | |
 | LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY - 1858 - 448 σελίδες
...men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia. The histories of Greece and Kome give us nothing equal to it, and all attempts to impose...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain. We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. These... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 452 σελίδες
...that in all my reading, — and I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master-states of the world, — for solidity of reason, force of...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain. We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. These... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1865 - 902 σελίδες
...delegates of America assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia. The histories of Greece and Home give us nothing equal to it, and all attempts to impose...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain." CHAPTER XXVII. JOMMENCEMEXT OF THE REVOLUTION. The Spirit of the People. — Gage alarmed. —... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1867 - 834 σελίδες
...delegates of America assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia. The histories of Greece and Eome give us nothing equal to it, and all attempts to impose...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain." CHAPTEE XXVII. COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION. The Spirit of the People. — Gage alarmed. —... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1868 - 890 σελίδες
...delegates of America assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia. The histories of Greece and Kome give us nothing equal to it, and all attempts to impose...servitude upon such a mighty continental nation, must be vain." CHAPTEK XXVII. COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION. • The Spirit of the People. — Gage alarmed.... | |
 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 σελίδες
...England. The Earl of Chatham (William Pitt) was deeply impressed by them, and declared in Parliament that "all attempts to impose servitude upon such a mighty continental nation must be vain." The English people, as a general rule, w r ere sincerely anxious that the demands of the Americans... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1871 - 1172 σελίδες
...England. The Earl of Chatham (William Pitt) was deeply impressed by them, and declared in Parliament that "all attempts to impose servitude upon such a mighty continental nation must be vain." The English people, as a general rule, were sincerely anxious that the demands of the Americans... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1874 - 974 σελίδες
...that in all my reading — and I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — for solidity of reason, force of...such a mighty continental nation must be in vain. We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while AVC can, not when we must. These violent... | |
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Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — for solidity of reason, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion under a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general... 
