...nature,* may rally the barbarous nations of Asia under the standard of a mighty empire following the track of the Russian colonies and commerce toward the north-west...availing himself of the navigation, arms, and military skill of civilized nations, he may, after subverting the neighboring despotisms of the old world, bend...

...licentious. On all sides he touched the extremes of human character, and the powers of his mind were only bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature. As a statesman, Lorenzo de' Medici appears to peculiar advantage. Uniformly employed in securing the...

...licentious. On all sides he touched the extremes of human character; and the powers of his mind were only bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature. As a statesman Lorenzo de' Medici appears to peculiar advantage ; uniformly employed in securing the...

...futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps...standard of a mighty empire. Following the tract of ther Russian colonies and commerce toward the northwest coast, and availing himself of the navigation,...

...and to entail upon us those calamities which we have so wantonly and wickedly inflicted upon others And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some...nations of Asia under the standard of a mighty empire — And if Asia shall then revenge upon our posterity the injuries we have inflicted on her sons, a...