 I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it ' I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty...  Radical Pioneers of the Eighteenth Century - Page 133by John Bowles Daly - 1886 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Wright - Caricatures and cartoons - 1904 - 724 pages
...understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it ; 1 have lived to see thirty millions of people indignantly...revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other revolutions, both glorious ; and now methinks I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading,... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - France - 1904 - 608 pages
...repeat the ' Nunc Dimittis ' of Simeon, as he had lived to see thirty millions of men spurning slavery ; 'their king led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects,' and he predicted that the example of France would soon destroy the dominion both of kings and of priests,... | |
 | Beckles Willson - Great Britain - 1907 - 756 pages
...the bosoms of democrats and malcontents everywhere were filled with joy. "I have lived," cried Fox, "to see thirty millions of people indignantly and...Revolution I have been spared to be a witness to two other Revolutions, both glorious ; and now methinks I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1909 - 468 pages
...have lost the idea of it. — I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an...and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects."1 Before I proceed further, I have to remark, that Dr. Price seems rather to overvalue the... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - Conspiracy - 1909 - 670 pages
...have lost the idea of it.—I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an...and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects.—After sharing in the benefits of one Revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - Literature - 1909 - 470 pages
...have lost the idea of it. — I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an...and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects."1 Before I proceed further, I have to remark, that Dr. Price seems rather to overvalue the... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...have lost the idea of it. — I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an...arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects." . . . I find a preacher of the Gospel profaning the beautiful and prophetic ejaculation, commonly called... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...have lost the idea of it. — I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an...arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects." . . . I find a preacher of the Gospel profaning the beautiful and prophetic ejaculation, commonly called... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...have lost the idea of it. — I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an...arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects." . . . I find a preacher of the Gospel profaning the beautiful and prophetic ejaculation, commonly called... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1913 - 590 pages
...Discourse on the Love of our Country, delivered on Nov. 4, 1789 ; and this he closed with a Nunc dimittis: 'After sharing in the benefits of one Revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other Revolutions, both glorious.' This Discourse had the further distinction of provoking Burke's... | |
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