 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 motion...  Materials and Models for Latin Prose Composition - Page 166by John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | History - 1824 - 884 pages
...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...instinct with life and motion — how soon it would rufiie, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...now reposing on their shadows in perfect stilluess, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated...ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beanty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1823 - 430 pages
...now reposing on their shadows in perfect strllness— ^-hdw soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated...ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it w»uld put forth 327 NOVEMBER 8, 1823. all its beauty, and its bravery — collect its scattered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 918 pages
...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...ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery — collect its scattered elements of strength, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 894 pages
...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...ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery — collect its scattered elements of strength, and... | |
 | History - 1824 - 890 pages
...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...motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its .-.welling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty, and its bravery — collect its... | |
 | Political primer - Great Britain - 1826 - 208 pages
...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...as it were, its swelling ' plumage ;—how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 216 pages
...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...as it were, its swelling plumage ; — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and... | |
 | Books - 1826 - 568 pages
...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...as it were, its swelling plumage ; — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness ;— how soon, upon any csill of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the 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... | |
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