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" England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle rather than a formed body... "
The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and ... - Page 333
by Charles Knight - 1874
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1853 - 972 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principl« rather than a formed body, and should tell him, " Young man, there is America — which...
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The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke

Peter Burke - Philosophy - 1854 - 340 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before * Allen, first Earl Bathurst, an enlightened, benevolent, and agreeable man, was then above ninety....
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1857 - 728 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...principle, rather than a formed body, and should tell him — " Youug man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with...
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The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke

Peter Burke - Philosophy - 1854 - 346 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a k'ttle speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...principle rather than a formed body, and should tell Mm, ' Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should pomt out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...principle rather than a formed body, and should tell Mm—'Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch ...

Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 494 pages
...out to him a speck, and had told him, * Young man, there is America, which, at this day, serves fur little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, hefore you taste of death,1 " &c. — Burke in 1775. (19) How 8imple were the manners of the early...
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The Works, Volume 1

Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...happiest efforts of eloquence, so often as the vision of "that little speck, scarce visible in the mass of national interest, a small seminal principle, rather than a formed body," and the progress of its astonishing development and growth, are recalled to the recollection. But a stronger...
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"Sam": Or The History of Mystery

Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 600 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world. Whatever...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world. Whatever...
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Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of ..., Volume 7

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1857 - 424 pages
...admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest,...principle, rather than a formed body, and should tell iiim — ' Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you...
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