 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
..." 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,... | |
 | 1909 - 844 pages
...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 Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, 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 those hopes, with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house. been... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1845 - 264 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 3. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ;...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 it... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 564 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the w(iole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and...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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 1 have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided; and...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 it... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1845 - 312 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...for it. f have but one lamp, by which my feel are rtiided; and thai — is the lamp— of EXCKEIKNCK. I know of no way of judging of the future, but by the past. And, judging by the past. I wish lo know what there has been, in the conduct of ihe British ministry, for the last ten years, to justify... | |
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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. 
