 When they first landed, they were bands of fierce, ignorant, idolatrous, and superstitious pirates, enthusiastically courageous, but habitually cruel. Yet from such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior...  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 115edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Sharon Turner - Anglo-Saxons - 1805 - 534 pages
...courageous, but habitually cruel. Yet from fuch anceftors a nation has, in thecourfe of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral and intellectual merit, is fuperior to every other in the love and pofleffion of ufeful liberty : a nation which cultivates with... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1807 - 498 pages
...courageous. but habitually cruel. Yet from such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral...ingenious labours of industry, the energies of war, the researches of science, and the richest productions of genius. BOOK This improved state has been... | |
 | 1807 - 574 pages
...character was so unpromising : ' From such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral...intellectual merit, is superior to every other in t!ic luve and possession of useful liberty: a nation which cultivate? with equal success the elegancies... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1811 - 588 pages
...course of twelve centuries, been formed, inferior to none in every moral and intellectual merit, and superior to every other, in the love and possession of useful liberty ; — a nation uhich cultivates with equal success the elegancies of art, the ingenious labors of industry, the energies... | |
 | Joseph Bosworth - Alphabet - 1823 - 404 pages
...courageous, but habitually cruel. Yet from such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral...ingenious labours of industry, the energies of war, the researches of science, and the richest productions of genius "." From the hasty historical view... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Anglo-Saxons - 1823 - 682 pages
...courageous, but habitually cruel. Yet from such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral...cultivates with equal success the elegancies of art, VOL. III. B D oo K the ingenious labours of industry, the energies of VJ_T - j war, the researches... | |
 | Joseph Bosworth - Alphabet - 1823 - 398 pages
...courageous, but habitually cruel. Yet from such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral...and possession of useful liberty : a nation which culti- . vates with equal success the elegancies of art, the ingenious labours of industry, the energies... | |
 | 1834 - 514 pages
...course of twelve centuries, been formed, inferior to none in every moral and intellectual merit, and superior to every other, in the love and possession...equal success the elegancies of art, the ingenious labors of industry, the energies of war, the researches of science, and the richest productions of... | |
 | William Phelps - Archaeology - 1836 - 260 pages
...cruel. Yet, from such ancestors, a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which is inferior to none in every moral and intellectual merit:...ingenious labours of industry; the energies of war; the researches of science; and the richest productions of genius." ° 9. The tranquillity of the kingdom... | |
 | John Wilson - Anglo-Israelism - 1840 - 378 pages
...the Asiatic population. " Yet from such ancestors a nation has, in the course of twelve centuries, been formed, which, inferior to none in every moral...ingenious labours of industry, the energies of war, the researches of science, and the richest productions of genius. This improved state has been slowly... | |
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