 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 2. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...the past, I wish to know what there has been in the con. duct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 Seiten
...gratitude and affection for La Fayette. 37. BATTLE THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. Henry. Mr. President, — I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...it. " He had but one lamp by which his feet were guided; and that was the lamp of experience. He knew of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, he wished to know •what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 Seiten
...whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing 10 to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which...judging of the future but by the past. And judging by 15 the past, I wish to know what there is in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 Seiten
...and the House ? Is it that insidious smile, with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust I have but one lamp; by which my feet are guided;...judging of the future but by the past. And judging by 20 it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 Seiten
...gratitude and affection for La Fayette. 37. BATTLE THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. Henry. Mr. President, — I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I have no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there... | |
 | 1909 - 844 Seiten
...optimistic. "if this be treason, make the most of it!" We learned at school the words of Patrick Henry, "l have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience"; and surely our experience in the past compels us to be hopeful of the future, not selfishly, but as... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 Seiten
..." He had but one lamp by which his feet were guided ; and that was the lamp of experience. He knew of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, he wished to know what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 Seiten
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst. and to provide for it. 2. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ;...way of judging of the future but by the past. And, fudging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 Seiten
...time you hear us, That praise has but sharpen'd our relish for books. LESSON LXXXI. WE MUST FIGHT. I HAVE but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way °f Ju^ging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been... | |
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. 
