...declare that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that...

...favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity,...preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." This encomium, so just and so grand, so grave and so measured, and the more impressive on account of...

...favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity,...preference to the general congress at Philadelphia." This encomium, so just and so grand, so grave and so measured, and the more impressive on account of...

...declare that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this Congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say, that...

...declare that he had studied and admired the free states of antiquity, the master states of the world, but that, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body of men could stand in preference to this congress. It is hardly inferior praise to say that...

...read Thucidydes, and have studied and admired the master-states of the world), I say I must declare, that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity,...complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, nor body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious...

...favorite study : I have read Thucydides, and meditated the rise of the master states of the world — for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and...such a complication of difficult circumstances, no body of men can stand before the national Congress of Philadelphia." Those who were greatest in the...

...subtlety of argument — nor was he, like Townshend, forever on the rock of exertion." — Robertson. " For solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication ofdifiiculties, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia."...

...favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such complication of circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress...

...sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no, nation, nor body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose a servitude upon such men, to...