 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...hngland might have frood agriinfr. the world ; — now none fo poor to do her reverence." — 1 ufe the words of a poet ; but though it be poetry, it is no fiction. — It is a fhameful truth, that not alone the power and ftrength of this country are waftii.g away and expiring,... | |
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
..." might have flood againjl the world : now Cxu v!' " none f° Poor to do her reverence.*' . I ufe ' the words of a poet ; but though it be ' poetry, it is no fiftion. It is a fhameful ' truth, that not only the power and ftrength ' of this country are wafting... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 496 pages
...? — measures, my lords, which have reduced this late flourishing empire to scorn and contempt I ' But yesterday, and England might have stood against...world; — NOW, none so poor to do her reverence.' The people whom we at first despised as rebels, but whom we now acknowledge as enemies, are abetted... | |
 | John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...* v' and England might have- flood, again/I the viorld: now nonefo poor to do her reverence." I ufe the words of a poet ; but though it be poetry, it is no fiftion. It is a fhameful truth, that not only the power and ftrength of this country are wafting away... | |
 | Hugh Boyd - Great Britain - 1800 - 638 pages
...England might have jlood " againjl the world ; — now nonefo poor to do *' her reverence" — I ufe the words of a poet; but though it be poetry, it is not fiftion. — It is a fhameful truth, that not alone the power and ftrength of this country are... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...the perseverance in measures, which have reduced this late flourishing empire to ruin and contempt! " But yesterday, and England might have stood against...reverence." I use the words of a poet ; but though it is poetry, it is no fiction. It is a shameful truth, that not only the power and strength of this country... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...upon them ? Measures, my lords, which have reduced this late flourishing empire to scorn and contempt. But yesterday, " and England might have stood against...world — NOW, none so poor to do her reverence." The people whom we at first despised as rebels, but whom we now acknowledge as enemies, are abetted... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...upon them ? measures, my lords, which have reduced this late flourishing empire to scorn and contempt? But yesterday, and England might have stood against the world , now, none so poor as to do her reverence! The people, whom we at first despised as rebels, but whom we now acknowledge... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1814 - 736 pages
...yesterday, and England mi»ht Imve stood against the world ; now none so poor to do In - reverence.'' 1 use the words of a poet ; but though it be poetry, it is no fiction. It is a shameful trmb, that not only the power and strength of ihis country are wasting away and expiring; but her well-earned... | |
 | Charles Butler - Autobiography - 1822 - 706 pages
...them? Measures, my lords, which have " reduced this late flourishing empire to scorn " and contempt. " But yesterday, and England might have " stood against...the world — now none so poor to " do her reverence ! The people, whom we at first " despised as rebels, but whom we now acknow" ledge as enemies, are... | |
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But yesterday, and England might have stood against the world ; now, none so poor to do her reverence... 
