 | Thomas Clarkson - Great Britain - 1813 - 520 pages
...enjoyed. *' William Penn, the great Legislator of the Quakers," says the author just mentioned, " had the success of a Conqueror in establishing and defending...tribes, without ever drawing the sword ; the goodness of die most benevolent rulers in treating his subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of an... | |
 | Robert Adam - Religions - 1823 - 530 pages
...occasion, has formed an admirable subject for the pencil, and reflects immortal honour .m his memory. ing the sword ; the goodness of the most benevolent rulers,...own children ; and the tenderness of an universal parent, who opened his arms to all mankind, without distinction of sect or party. In his republic,... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Quakers - 1827 - 392 pages
...enjoyed. " William Penn, the great Legislator of the Quakers," says the author just mentioned, " had the success of a Conqueror in establishing and defending...goodness of the most benevolent rulers in treating hia subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of an universal Father, who opened his arms to... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow. William Penn, the great legislator of the Quakers, had the success of a conqueror in establishing and defending...drawing the sword ; the goodness of the most benevolent ruler, in treating his subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of a universal father, who... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Children - 1833 - 242 pages
...Father O'Leary, a Catholic priest. " William Penn, the great Legislator of the Quakers," says he, " had the success of a conqueror, in establishing and defending...subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of a universal father, who opened his arms to all mankind, without distinction of sect or party. In his... | |
 | Jacob Post - 1850 - 90 pages
...his colony among savage tribes without drawing a sword ; — the goodness of the most benevolent of rulers, in treating his subjects as his own children — and the tenderness of a universal father, who opened his arms to all mankind without distinction of sect or party." Printed... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - Biography - 1853 - 360 pages
...persuasions ; among others, Father O'Leary, a Roman Catholic priest, beautifully says : — " Mr. Penn had the success of a conqueror, in establishing and defending...subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of a universal father, who opened his arms to all mankind, without distinction of sect or party. In his... | |
 | Michael Bernard Buckley - 1868 - 436 pages
...legislator of that people, had the success of a conqueror in establishing and defending his colony amongst savage tribes, without ever drawing the sword ; the...subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of a universal father, who opened his arms to all mankind without distinction of sect or party. In his... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1872 - 246 pages
...Legislator of that people, had the success of a conqueror in establishing and defending his colony amongst savage tribes, without ever drawing the sword ; the...subjects as his own children; and the tenderness of a universal father, who opened his arms to all mankind without distinction of sect or party. In his... | |
 | Pennsylvania Society of New York - Bibliography - 1904 - 390 pages
...their standards and so they set forward." Numbers, 2:34. It has been said of William Penn that he "had the success of a conqueror in establishing and defending his colony among savag; tribes without ever drawing a sword." Yes, his was the peace which hath "victories no less renowned... | |
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had the success of a conqueror, in establishing and defending his colony among savage tribes, without ever drawing the sword ; the goodness of the most benevolent rulers, in treating his subjects as his own children ; and the tenderness of a universal... 
