 | Massachusetts. Convention - Constitutional history - 1856 - 474 pages
...expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does. And I think it will astonish our enemies who are waiting with conftdence to hear that our councils are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 680 pages
...expected ? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 676 pages
...therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; ancj I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting...hear that our councils are confounded, like those of (he builders of Babel ; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our Slates are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...convention, he said, — " It astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel." After the convention had closed its labors, and the Constitution had beert adopted, Dr. Franklin... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it docs; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our counsels are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1873 - 266 pages
...approaching so near to perfection as it does; and 1 tfiink it will confound our enemies, who ai(fe waiting with confidence, to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 pages
...expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear, that our counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 pages
...expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear, that our counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 678 pages
...It therefore astonishes me, sir, to rind this system approaching so near to perfection as it docs ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose... | |
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... their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection... 
