 | 1840 - 452 pages
...lamp of experience. I know no way to judge of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, 1 wish to know what there has been in the conduct of...hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselvcs and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...that is the lamp of experience. | I know of no way of judging of the future, | but by the past : f and, judging by the past, | I wish to know | what...our petition has been lately received' ? \ Trust it not, sir — | it will prove a snare to your feet, : | suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...the worst, and to provide for it. 2. 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...our petition has been lately re'ceived ? Trust it not, sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. 3. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...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,...smile with which our petition has been lately received 1 Trust it not, sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...the worst, and to provide for it. 2. 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...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 - 1844 - 900 pages
...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,...smile with which our petition has been lately received 1 Trust it not,_ sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...of 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...which our petition has been lately received ? Trust 20 it not, sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yjjurselves to be betrayed with a kiss.... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 264 pages
...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 of judging...which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Lut... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...know the worst, and to provide for it. 1 have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided ; and that is, the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging...which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...the worst, and to provide for it. 3. 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...which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask... | |
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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. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the... 
