 | 1834 - 532 pages
...lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present us with their homage and fealty, the approaching reformation: others as fast...knowledge? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people a nation of prophet*, of sages, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 526 pages
...; musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and fealty, the approaching reformation ; others as fast...assenting to the force of reason and convincement,' &c. 73 it has been more than once remarked, that little mention is made of Milton by his contemporaries.... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their...? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages, and... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 394 pages
...and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their...? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people a nation of prophets, of sages, and... | |
 | 1835 - 516 pages
...reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to. What could a man require from such a nation, so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants there more to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people,... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 454 pages
...and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their...assenting to the force of reason and convincement. 67. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What... | |
 | 1837 - 674 pages
...musing, searching, " revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage " and fealty, the approaching reformation; others as fast...assenting to the force of reason and convincement. We reckon " more than five months yet to harvest ; there need not be five weeks, had we " but eyes... | |
 | 1837 - 430 pages
...pens and heads there, sitting by studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas, wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation!" If the courtiers drooped, then, at the last parliament, bow much more reason had they to sink down... | |
 | William Jones - 1838 - 696 pages
...and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas, wherewith to present, as with their homage and their...? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil but wise and faithful htlxunvrs, to make a knowing people u nation of prophets, of sages, and... | |
 | 1827 - 630 pages
...and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their...pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What VOL. xxxvi. NO. LX.XI. D wants wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful... | |
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... sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching Reformation, others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason... 
