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... Memoir of the Life of Richard Winter Hamilton - Page 465by William Hendry Stowell - 1850 - 498 pagesFull view - About this book
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