 Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors: a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Pagina 115de John Milton - 1835 - 976 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pagini
...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1987 - 192 pagini
...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
 | Jeffery A. Smith - 1990 - 246 pagini
...to be "of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to." Milton traced censorship back to Roman despots and popes and represented the licensing procedure as... | |
 | Liah Greenfeld - 1992 - 600 pagini
...England in Areopagitica: "Consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pagini
...Commoners of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors; eider. 1963). 28 subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
 | Paul M. Dowling - 1995 - 160 pagini
...to his own request to contemplate the nation, Milton eulogizes its intellectual capacities. This is "a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest human capacity can soar... | |
 | Richard D. Brown - 1996 - 280 pagini
...entreated the "Lords and Commons of England, [to] consider what nation . . . whereof ye are the governors: a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy in discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to."3' Milton's... | |
 | Eric Voegelin - 1999 - 332 pagini
...and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is wherof ye are, and wherof Ye are the governours: a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - 1998 - 437 pagini
...and commons of England! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors: a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious,...not beneath the reach of any point the highest that humanity can soar to." Milton could not resist a jibe, noting that the Romans had preferred "the natural... | |
 | Ewen Green - 1998 - 968 pagini
...and Commons of England, consider what Nati on it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to diseourse, not oeneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity... | |
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