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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... "
Masterpieces of American Eloquence: Christian Herald Selection - Page 18
1900 - 504 pages
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The Republican Compiler: Comprising a Series of Scientific, Descriptive ...

A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 pages
...is tiie lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future, butby the past ; and, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in...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 yourselves how...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pages
...way of judging the future, but by the past; and judging by the past, he wished to know what there bad been in the conduct of the British ministry for the...years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the hoese. It is that insidious smile with which our petition...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 pages
...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...years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 376 pages
...conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition las been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary: Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

1824 - 518 pages
...conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the house ?...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 yourselves how...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 5

1827 - 564 pages
...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...petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove n snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 5

1827 - 540 pages
...of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, 1 wish to know what there has been in the conduct of...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 yourselves how...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...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...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 yourselves how...
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The Mental Guide: Being a Compend of the First Principles of Metaphysics ...

1828 - 394 pages
...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...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 yourselves how...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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...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 yourselves how...
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