Men, who see their lives respected and thought of value by others, come to respect that gift of God themselves. To have compassion for oneself, or to care, more or less, for one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other ; and I believe... The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 271by Edmund Burke - 1818Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1818 - 680 pages
...to care, more or less, for •one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other ; and I believe it will be found, that conspiracies have been...severe. Besides, the least excess in this way, excites a tender' ness in the milder sort of people, which makes them consider government in a harsh and odious... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1818 - 686 pages
...or to care, more or less, for one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other; and I believe it will be found, that conspiracies have been...of people, which makes them consider government in a [ harsh and odious light. The sense ofjustice in men is overloaded and fatigued ' with a long series... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 618 pages
...he found, that conspiracies have heen most common and most desperate where their punishment has heen most extensive and most severe. Besides, the least excess in this way. eicites a tenderness in the milder sort of people, which makes them consider government in in harsh... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 620 pages
...self, or to care more or less for one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other ; and I nstantly to quit France. " All these assertions are equally false. tt-lhe notices, t-iven in ihe wav, eicites a tenderness in the milder sort of people, which makes them consider government in an... | |
| Peter Burke - Politicians - 1845 - 490 pages
...or to care, more or less, for one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other ; and I believe it will be found, that conspiracies have been...of people, which makes them consider government in a harsh and odious light. The sense of justice in men is overloaded and fatigued with a long series... | |
| Edmund Burke - Conservatism - 1855 - 564 pages
...or to care, more or less, for one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other ; and I believe it will be found, that conspiracies have been...of people, which makes them consider government in a harsh and odious light. The sense of justice in men is overloaded and fatigued with a long series... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 638 pages
...he found, that conspiracies have heen most common and most desperate where their punishment has heen st and worst of evils lon; series of executions, or with such a carnage at once, as rather resemhles a massacre, than a soher... | |
| Emily Cooper - Great Britain - 1877 - 560 pages
...observed, ' who see their lives respected by others, come to respect that gift of God themselves. I believe it will be found that conspiracies have been most common and most desperate when their punishment has been most severe.'2 The effect of these disturbances was to discourage all... | |
| Emily Cooper - Great Britain - 1877 - 550 pages
...observed, ' who see their lives respected by others, come to respect that gift of God themselves. I believe it will be found that conspiracies have been most common and most desperate when their punishment has been most severe.' 2 The effect of these disturbances was to discourage all... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1889 - 592 pages
...or to care, more or less, for one's own life, is a lesson to be learned just as every other ; and I believe it will be found, that conspiracies have been...of people, which makes them consider government in a harsh and odious light. The sense of justice in men is overloaded and fatigued with a long series... | |
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