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" ... for action. You well know, Gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness, how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing... "
The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ... - Page 361
1828
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History ..., Volume 42; Volume 65

1824 - 884 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 63

1848 - 802 pages
...affords. Hergiant strength slumbers, not sleeps. Our ships of war, in the noble words of Mr Canning, " how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stilluess, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 48

William Cobbett - 1823 - 430 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, Gentlemen, howr...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1824 - 890 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and, inactivity, in which I have seen those mighty...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how...
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Annual Register, Volume 65

Edmund Burke - 1824 - 894 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state^of inertness and inactivity, in which I have seen those mighty...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how...
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Annual Register, Volume 65

Edmund Burke - 1824 - 918 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above ycur town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well...
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The Monthly Review

1826 - 568 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1826 - 570 pages
...those means. Our present repose is ho more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, 'gentlemen, how...
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The Political Primer: Or, Road to Public Honours

Political primer - 1826 - 208 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how...
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The Political Primer; Or, Road to Public Honours

1826 - 216 pages
...those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses...that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how...
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