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" We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most... "
Edmund Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775 - Page 121
by Edmund Burke - 1898 - 159 pages
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 688 pages
...conscious of our situation, and " glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station " and ourselves, we ought to elevate our minds to the " greatness of that trust to which the order of Provi" dence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of " this high calling, our ancestors have...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...to auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the church, mrsum cordal and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the church, turnan corda! ds. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading...round, and round, and round : To me it talks of ravage as. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness...
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The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a ...

Peter Burke - Politicians - 1845 - 490 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the church, Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...glorious empire : and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the...
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The history of England, from the accession of George iii., 1760 ..., Volume 2

Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 448 pages
...If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station, we ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting, the wealth, number, and happiness of...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, Sursum corda /* We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting, the wealth, the number, the...
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The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 558 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the Church, Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...glorious empire : and have made the most extensive, and the onlv honourable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the...
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The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 552 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the Church, Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...glorious empire : and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, Surtum corda Ia We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and tho only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting, the wealth, the number, the...
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Select British Eloquence; Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, Surtum corda f° se imputed as a crime. But the imputation shall not...might have profited. He ought to have desisted from and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting, the wealth, the number, the...
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