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" ... circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. "
An Introductory Discourse: Delivered Before the Literary and Philosophical ... - Page 13
by DeWitt Clinton, Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 148 pages
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - 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,...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 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...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 518 pages
...my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study — I have reğd 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,...
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Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee, and His Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Richard Henry Lee - 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) ....
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A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services ..., Volume 45, Issue 5

Daniel Webster - 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...
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A Selection of Eulogies: Pronounced in the Several States, in Honor of Those ...

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...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 9

John Sanderson - 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...
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Biography of the signers to the Declaration of independence [ed ..., Volume 9

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...
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The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year ..., Volume 2

Abiel Holmes - 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...
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - 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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