We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire : and have made the most... The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - 第 249 頁Edmund Burke 著 - 1834完整檢視 - 關於此書
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 頁
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying,...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now lay the first stone of the temple of peace.1 EXTRACT FROM HIS LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD, 1796. [The Duke... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 頁
...a savage wilderness into a glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the...English privileges alone will make it all it can be. lu full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix faustumque sit!) lay the first stone... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 頁
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests, not by destroying,...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix faustumque sit) — lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move you, ' That... | |
| George Perkins - 1869 - 60 頁
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and the only honourable conquests, not by destroying,...wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race. APPENDIX. Or. — There are five Latin particles by which this word may under various circumstances... | |
| 1872 - 556 頁
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying,...it is ; English privileges alone will make it all that it can be. In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quodfelix faustumqne sit} lay... | |
| Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 頁
...in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. Let us get an American revenue as we have got an American...English privileges alone will make it all it can be ! ENTERPRISE OF AMERICAN COLONISTS, 1775. Burke. Burke, the greatest of Irish statesmen, and unsurpassed... | |
| Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 頁
...which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. . . . Let us get an American revenue as we have got an American...it is ; English privileges alone will make it all that it can be. In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I lay the first stone of the temple of... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 頁
...savage wilderness into a glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and th« only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting, the...be. In full confidence of this unalterable truth, 1 now (quod fclix fauilumque lit)" lay the first stone in the temple of peace ; and I move you, "That... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 頁
...savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the...English privileges alone will make it all it can be. THE DECAY OF CHIVALROUS SENTIMENT, t IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 頁
...savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests ; not by destroying, but by promoting, the...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix faustumque sff) lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move to you, " That... | |
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