| Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 Seiten
...because it is displayed chiefly in their own councils. Some, however, we have of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce n single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 588 Seiten
...of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, ' I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to thé speech of Logan.' But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief," that is, an Iroquois.... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 582 Seiten
...of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, '1 may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and...Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe 1ms furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan,' But let it... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 Seiten
...because it is displayed, chiefly, in their own councils. Some, however, we have of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...any more eminent orator, — if Europe has furnished mor» eminent, — to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to... | |
| Samuel Gardner Drake - 1837 - 642 Seiten
...out of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, 'I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan.' But let it be remembered that Logan was a ARngo chief," that is, an Iroquois. The time is not far distant,... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - 1837 - 654 Seiten
...to the eulogjum of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, 'I may challenge die whole orations of Demostheitet and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan,' But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mmgo chief," that is, an Iroquois. The time is not far distant,... | |
| Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1837 - 230 Seiten
...attributed to the Mingo chief, Logan, is remarkable ; it is interesting, and I will quote it : — " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent (says Mr. Jefferson), to D2 produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief,... | |
| Henry O'Reilly - 1838 - 570 Seiten
...of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson when he says, " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan." But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief, the second son of Shikellimus, a celebrated... | |
| William Leete Stone - 1838 - 568 Seiten
...language. Mr. Jefferson remarked of it — " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes, " and of Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage su" perior to it ;" and an American statesman and scholar,* scarcely less illustrious than the author... | |
| William Leete Stone - 1838 - 540 Seiten
...language. Mr. Jefferson remarked of it — " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes, " and of Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage su" perior to it ;" and an American statesman and scholar,* scarcely less illustrious than the author... | |
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