 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 540 pages
...flashings of the mind ; which like those of his eye, were felt but could not be followed. " Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create,...free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Great Britain - 1807 - 556 pages
...l'ke those of his eye, were felt, but could not be f'.'Jlowed. ' Upon the whole, there was in tl.is man something that could create, subvert, or reform...authority : something that would establish or overwhelm an empire, and str'ke a blow in the world that should rc' sound through its univcne." CHAP. III. Meeting... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...of the mind, which, like those of his eye, were felt, but could not be followed. " Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create,...minds with unbounded authority ; — Something that could establish or overwhelm empires, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...flashings of his mind, which like those of his eye were felt, but could not be followed. Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create,...free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...which, like those of his eye, were felt ; but could not be followed. Upon the whole, there was something in this man, something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloqnence, that could summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...flashings of the mind, which like those of his eye were felt, but could not be followed. ' Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create,...free minds with unbounded authority; something, that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...for ertion, but rather ' those of hjs «ye, were felt bm cou,d not fae fol,owed> 41, .' ??" "C whole> there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform-^ understandinjr-I a spirit and an eloquence to summon mankind to society. Of to break the bond* of slavery... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...flashings of the mind, which, like those of his eye, were felt, but could not be followed. Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create,...free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...the mind', which', like those of his eye, were felt', but could not be followed'. Upon the whole', there was in this man something that could create', subvert', or reform"; and understanding', a spirit", and an eloquence', to summon mankind to society7, or to break the bonds... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 406 pages
...spinning of a cannonball, he was still alive with fatal, unapproachable, activity. Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create,...society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and rule the wildness of free minds with unbounded authority; something that could establish or overwhelm... | |
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Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wilderness of free minds with... 
