 | Robert Huish - 1830 - 474 pages
...inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters above your town (Plymouth) is a proof that they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for action. You well' know, gentlemen,' said the orator, ' how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows... | |
 | John Styles, Roger Therry - 1830 - 466 pages
...cherishing those resonrces, we bnt accumulais those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of onr inability to act, than the state of inertness and...inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses »hat float in the waters above yo«r town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and Incapable of... | |
 | Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 512 pages
...by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our present repose is no more a proof of " inability...town, " is a proof that they are devoid of strength, • At the time this Speech was made, Parliament was not to meet for upwards of three months. 483 "... | |
 | Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 510 pages
...by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our present repose is no more a proof of " inability...town, " is a proof that they are devoid of strength, * At the time this Speech was made, Parliament was not to meet for upwards of three months. " and incapable... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...feelings by our duty, let it not be said that we cultivate peace, because we are unprepared for war. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...and inactivity, in which I have seen those mighty war-ships, that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable... | |
 | Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 512 pages
...by peace, are the " means of war. In cherishing these resources, " we but accumulate those means. " Our present repose is no more a proof of " inability to act, than the state of inertness andi " inactivity in which I have seen those mighty " masses that float in the waters above your town,... | |
 | William Wallace - Great Britain - 1832 - 410 pages
...resources created by peace are means of war. In cherishing those resources we but accumulate those means. 'Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...that float in the waters above your town is a proof they are devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted for a.ction. You well know, gentlemen, how... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1833 - 896 pages
...national spectacles. " Our present repose," he said, " is no more a proof of our inahility to act, than a state of inertness and inactivity in which I have seen those mighty masses that float in the waters about your town, is a proof that they have no strength, and are capable of being fitted for service.... | |
 | George Canning - Great Britain - 1835 - 650 pages
...resources created by peace are means of war. In cherishing those resources, we but accumulate those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability...devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1835 - 436 pages
...Speaking of the preparation of England to embark in the war against France, he nays : "Our present lepóse is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state...devoid of strength, and incapable of being fitted out for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on... | |
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The resources created by peace are means of war. In cherishing those resources, we but accumulate those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which... 
