 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know tha 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 those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house. Is it... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 498 pages
...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 - Readers - 1848 - 300 pages
...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 - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 320 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 25 I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided...way of judging of the future but by the past. And, j&dging by trie past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English literature - 1849 - 296 pages
...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... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...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,... | |
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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. 
