| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1785 - 796 pages
...conceived by the Minifters themfelves, and brought forth during the delirium of the laft feflion. , I think I can trace all the calamities of this country to the (ingle fource of our not having had (leadily before our eyes, a general, comprehenfive, well-connected... | |
| John Wilde - France - 1793 - 688 pages
...1774. In 1785, he holds the fame language. In the fpeech en the "Nabob of Arcofs debts, he fays, " I think I can " trace all the calamities of this country to the " fingle fource of our not having had fteadily be" fore our eyes a general, comprehenfive, well" connected,... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 464 pages
...illufion which makes a briar at our nofe of greater magnitude, than an oak at five hundred yards diftance. I think I can trace all the calamities of this country to the fingle fource of our not having had fteadily before our eyes a general, comprehenfive, well-connected,... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 474 pages
...illufion which makes a briar at our nofe of greater magnitude, than an oak at five hundred yards diftance. I think I can trace all the calamities of this country to the fingle fource of our not having had • fteadily before our eyes a general, comprehenfive, well-Gonnefted,... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view. In our politics, as in our common conduct, •we shall be worse than infants, if we do not put our senses...magnitude, than an oak at five hundred yards distance. Laws of regulation are not fundamental laws. The public exigencies are the masters of all sueh laws.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view. In our politics, as in our common conduct, we shall be worse than infants, if we do not put our senses...magnitude, than an oak at five hundred yards distance. Laws of regulation are not fundamental laws. The public exigencies are the masters of all such laws.... | |
| Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view. In our politics, as in our common conduct, we shall be worse than infants, if we do not put our senses...magnitude, than an oak at five hundred yards distance. Laws of regulation are not fundamental laws. The public exigencies are the masters of all such laws.... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view. In our politics, as in our common conduct, we shall be worse than infants, if we do not put our senses...tuition of our judgment, and effectually cure ourselves ofthat optical illusion which makes a briar at our nose of greater magnitude, than an oak at five hundred... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view. In our politics, as in our common conduct, we shall Ԁ ; |S {3 B{ F B d j I7 h S+ &n \ * w ... , GfO 3 E 8邾# g ] D . Uu u 8 3 Ql k A4@^D ofthat optical illusion which makes a briar at our nose of greater magnitude, than an oak at five hundred... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1841 - 548 pages
...decreased in properUon as it recedes from our view. In our politics, as in our common conduct, we shall be worse than infants, if we do not put our senses...greater magnitude than an oak at five hundred yards distant. I think I can trace all the calamities of this country to the single source of our not having... | |
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