 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 498 sider
...he said, " 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,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1848 - 300 sider
...you hear us, That praise has but sharpen'd our relish for books. LESSON LXXXI. WE MUST FIGHT. - 'AYE but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. -1 know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 sider
...know the whole truth — to know the worst and provide for it. " I have but one lamp to guide my feet, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. Judging from the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 sider
...the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it. I bare but one lamp, by which my feet ire guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know...of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves, and the house ? Is... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1849 - 296 sider
...established influences. In the spirit of our great revolutionary orator, he seemed ever ready to exclaim, " I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and...no way of judging of the future but by the past:" thus Patrick Henry opened the celebrated speech in which he so eloquently advocated resistance to Great... | |
 | 1849 - 820 sider
...established influences. In the spirit of our great revolutionary orator, he seemed ever ready to exclaim, " I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience ; and know of no way of >udging of the future but by the past :" thus Patrick opened the celebrated... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 sider
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth — to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way to judge of the future but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 sider
...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,... | |
 | William Wirt - 1850 - 314 sider
...he said, " 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 ihe past, he wished to know what there had been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 sider
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ;...of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to justify these hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is... | |
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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. 
