 You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and...  The Quarterly Review - Página 484editado por - 1827Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 464 páginas
...that they are devoid of strength or incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses now reposing...likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion—how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage —how quickly it would put forth... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 476 páginas
...that they are devoid of strength or incapable of being fitted for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses now reposing...it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, iustinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage -how quickly... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 522 páginas
...out for action. You will know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing in their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated being, instinct with life and motion — how... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 páginas
...they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and all its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beanty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1879 - 486 páginas
...they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness — how soou, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 páginas
...devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon oue of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their...how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumuge — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 páginas
...they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing...or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an auiinated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would raffle, as it were, its swelling... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 páginas
...they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. Yon well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses now reposing...soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it wonld assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it wonld... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 páginas
...they are devoid of strength and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses now reposing...on their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, on any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct... | |
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