| New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook - 1887 - 638 Seiten
...sublime eloquence of an Iroquois." Logan was descended from the Cayugas, and of him Jefferson said : " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan." Of an argument by Garangula, DeWitt Clinton declares : " I believe it to be impossible to find, in... | |
| C. M. Clark - 1887 - 254 Seiten
...which that gentleman speaks of it, one could hardly suppose it to have been written by him. He says : ' I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any mere eminent orator (if Europe has furnished a more eminent), to produce a single passage superior... | |
| Daniel Joseph Ryan - 1888 - 226 Seiten
...interpreter, upon a belt of wampum, Logan expressed himself so strongly that Jefferson spoke of it saying, " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo Chief, to Lord... | |
| Thomas Paschall Roberts - 1890 - 276 Seiten
...orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and, indeed, of any more eminent orators, if Europe or the world has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, delivered to Lord Dunmore when governor of Virginia. As a testimony of Indian talents in this line,... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 634 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 a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord... | |
| John W. Iliff - 1893 - 616 Seiten
...a speech of which Thomas Jefferson, says: "I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and of Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to it."] I appeal to any white man to say, if ever lie entered Logan's cabin hungry> and he gave him notitettt;... | |
| Rose N. Yawger - 1893 - 394 Seiten
...Indian orators. Below is given Logan. a passage from his most famous speech, of which Jefferson said, " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orators, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage superior to the speech of... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 574 Seiten
...eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Uunmore, when governor of this state. And as a testimony of...leave to introduce it, first stating the incidents 1 xvin. 146. — TJ necessary for understanding it. In the [115] spring of the year 1774, a robbery... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 558 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 a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord... | |
| Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1900 - 330 Seiten
...one." Of this powerful address, Mr. Jefferson says, " 1 may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenea and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe...a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan" ; and an American statesman and scholar, scarcely less illustrious than the author of this noble eulogium,... | |
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