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" Scotland — a na-tion cast in the happy medium between the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty, and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth ; cool and ardent ; adventurous and persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every... "
The Life of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran: Late Master of the ... - Page 388
by William Henry Curran - 1855 - 535 pages
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Forensic Eloquence: Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, Etc ...

John Philpot Curran - 1804 - 408 pages
...a printer has been found guil'y of a libel, for publishing those resolutions, to which the present Minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his...persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that (ever tires , crowned as she is with the...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...a printer has been found guilty of a libel, for publishing those resolutions, to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his...persevering; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires ; crowned as she is with the...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...publishing those resolutions, to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually sub scribed his name? To what other cause can you ascribe, what...persevering; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires ; crowned as she is with the...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

1808 - 542 pages
...printer has been gravely found guilty of a libel, for publishing those resolutions to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his name ? To what other cause cah you ascribe, what in my mind is still more astonishing, in such a country as Scotland, a nation...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 516 pages
...libel, for publishing those resolutions to which the present minister of that kingdom had actnallv subscribed his name ? To what other cause can you...wealth ; cool and ardent, adventurous and persevering ; winning her eagle flight against. the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 358 pages
...a printer has been found guilty of a libel, for publishing those resolutions, to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his...persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze .of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires | crowned as she is with the...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 368 pages
...those resolutions, to> which the present ininister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his, name i To what other cause can you ascribe,- what, in my...wealth; cool and ardent, adventurous and persevering ; Dinging her eagle flight against the blaze o•f every science, with an eye that never winks, and...
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The History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present ..., Volume 2

Stephen Barlow - 1814 - 552 pages
...reader. We shall begin with the fervid eloquence of Curran. DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOTTISH! CHARA.CTER. " A nation cast in the happy medium between the spiritless...persevering, winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires ; crowned as she is with the...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...printer has been gravely found guilty of a libel, for publishing those resolutions to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his...persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of eveiy science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires ; crowned as she is, with...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...a printer has been found guilty of a libel, for publishing those resolutions, to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his...a country as Scotland, a nation cast in the happy mediirm between the spiritless acquiescense of submissive poverty, and. the sturdy credulity of pampered...
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