...which essentially depended the welfare, prosperity, and happiness of this mighty empire (cheers). " A thousand years scarce serve to form a state, An hour may lay it in the dust." From whom had they so frequently and profitably learned these lessons of practical wisdom as from those...

...it o'er thy land. lay your proud despoikrs low : but not for YOU will freedom's altars flame. 518. A THOUSAND YEARS scarce serve to FORM a state ; an HOUR may lay it in the dust. 519. He prayed but for LIFE — for LIFE he would give all he had in the world ; — it was but LIFE...

...footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ? Lay of the Last Minstrel. SCOTT. 80. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An...hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shuttered splendor renovate, Recall its virtues hack and vanquish Time and Fate ? Childe Harold —...

...footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ? Lay of the Last Minstrel. SCOTT. 80. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An...hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shattered splendor renovate, Recall its virtues back and vanquish Time and Fate ? Cfiilde Harold—...

...household charm of this old fragment. The following sentiment in the second canto of Childe Harold, — " A thousand years scarce serve to form a state, An hour may lay it ln the dust,"— is taken from a passage in Mnratori's Annals, to wit: — "Cento si richieggono ad...

...EXECUTE but one. Not thirty TYRANTS now enforce the chain, but every CARLE can lord it o'er thy land. A THOUSAND YEARS scarce serve to FORM a state ; an HOU-R may lay it in the dust. What means this SHOUTING ? I do fear the people choose Ceesar for their KING. Ay, do you FEAR it ?...

...affairs of this country. It is well said, by the most poetical genius, perhaps, of our own times, — " A thousand years scarce serve to form a State, — An hour may lay it in the dust." This is the feeling which has regulated, which will continue to regulate, my conduct. I am no advocate...

...is well said, by the most poetical genius, perhaps, of our own times, — " A thousand years searce serve to form a State, — An hour may lay it in the duet." This is the feeling which has regulated, which will continue to regulate, my conduct. I am no...

...hardihood! When Thebes Kpaminondas rears again, When Athena' children are with hearts endued, V'hm ible for more than a year after the separation ;—...reunion seems to me at least > reason whv, on all shattered splendour renovate, decaí its virtues back, and vanquish Time and FaU* And yet how lovely...

...brave." If our system of government is once destroyed it can never be re-established. Never! never! "A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust: and when Can man its shattered splendor renovate, Recall its virtue back, and vanquish Time and Fate?" But we should never...