| Johann Heinrich Füssli - 1831 - 466 pągines
...licentious. On all sides, he touched the extremes of human character, and the powers of his mind were only bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature. ' As a statesman, Lorenzo de' Medici appears to peculiar advantage. Uniformly employed in securing... | |
| Henry Fuseli - 1831 - 464 pągines
...licentious. On all sides, he touched the extremes of human character, and the powers of his mind were only bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature. ' As a statesman, Lorenzo de' Medici appears to peculiar advantage. Uniformly employed in securing... | |
| Henry O'Reilly - 1838 - 570 pągines
...futurity, and, without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes at some remote period of time ? And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendant genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes... | |
| John McIntosh - 1843 - 332 pągines
...futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And perhaps...nations of Asia, under the standard of a mighty empire. ' Milton's Paradise Lost, book 1, p. 62. Following the track of the Russian colonies and commerce towards... | |
| DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - 1849 - 436 pągines
...rigid laws of * Milton's Paradise Lost, book 1, p. 62. probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps,...under the standard of a mighty empire. Following the track of the Russian colonies and commerce toward the north-west coast, and availing himself of the... | |
| DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - 1849 - 436 pągines
...laws of * Milton's Paradise Lost, book 1, p. 62. 12 probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps,...•whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetra ble circle which prescribes the limits of human nature, may rally the barbarous nations of... | |
| Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 734 pągines
...some remote period of time? And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendant genius,1 whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that...impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human $iature,t may rally the barbarous nations of Asia under the standard of a mighty empire. Following... | |
| Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 744 pągines
...futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes at some remote period of time? And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendant genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes... | |
| Orsamus Turner - 1850 - 728 pągines
...scenes at some remote period of timeT And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendant genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded...under the standard of a mighty empire. Following the track of the Russian colonies and commerce towards the northwest coast, and availing himself of the... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1851 - 872 pągines
...futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps,...whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impene* Milton's Paradise Lost, book i. line 351. trable circle which prescrib.es the limits of human... | |
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