 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 730 страници
...;" I'm afraid he'll take me. " When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favourite study ; I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 страници
...Parliament,* Jan. 20, 1775. 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, — when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favorite study : I have read T hueidydes,' and have studied and admired... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 316 страници
...Parliament,'* Jan. 20, 1775. 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, — when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favorite study : I have read Thucidydes,' and have studied and admired... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 страници
...Parliament, Jan. 20, 1775. 1. When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America; when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom,...must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and it has been my favourite study: I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1832 - 306 страници
...PARLIAMENT, JAN. 20, 1775. T\7"HEN your lordships look at the papers trans* mitted to us from America; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish tomake it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation, (and... | |
 | 1834 - 404 страници
...When,' said the elder Pitt, ' when your Lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America—when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom, you...I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation—and it has been my favorite study—(I have read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - 1834 - 386 страници
...were brought before the British House of Lords, Lord Chatham passed upon them this noble eulogium — "For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and history has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 страници
...afraid he might take me !' " When your Lordships look at the papers trans" mitted us from America, when you consider " their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...myself I must declare and avow " that in all my reading of history, — and it has " been my favourite study ; I have read Thu" cydides and have admired the... | |
 | 1840 - 740 страници
...cause that is maintained. " When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...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... | |
 | Henry Brevoort Renwick, James Renwick - 1841 - 402 страници
...Chatham, in a celebrated and often-quoted speech, " look at the papers transmitted to us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom,...must declare and avow that, in all my reading and observation (and it has been my favourite study ; I have read Thucydides, and studied and admired the... | |
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When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. 
