 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...without use. Public life is a situation of power and energy ; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the...It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honest men ; but critical exigencies now and then arise ; and I am mistaken,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1784 - 136 pages
...that all virtue which is impracticable is fptirious ; and rather to run the rifque of falling into faults in a courfe which leads us to act with effect...It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honeft men ; but critical exigencies now and then arife ; and I am miftaken,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...days without blame, and without ufe. Public life is a fituation of power and energy ; he trefpaffes againft his duty who fleeps upon his watch, as well...It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honeft men ; but critical exigencies now and then arife ; and I am miftaken,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...without blame, and without ufe. Public life is a fituation of power and energy; he trefpafles again It his duty who fleeps upon his watch, as well as he...It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honeft men ; but critical exigencies now and then arife; and I am miftaken,... | |
 | Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 pages
...that public life is a fituation of energy and power; and that he trefpafles againft his duty who deeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy. OjiJic omnia fcrifcfijjet ! Had he continued to write in this ftrain; had he purfued with virtuous... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 462 pages
...to act with effe6t and energy, than to loiter out our days without blame, and without ufe. Publick life is a fituation of power and energy ; he trefpafles...It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honeft men ; but critical exigencies now and then arife ; and I am miftaken,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...without use. Public life is a situation of power and energy ; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy. PUNISHMENT OF REBELLION. THE body and mass of the people never ought to be treated as criminal. They... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 522 pages
...without use. Publick life is a situation of power and energy ; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the...It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honest men ; but critical exigencies now and then arise ; and I am mistaken,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...without use. Publick life is a situation of power and energy ; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy. There is, however, a time for ajl things. It is not every conjuncture which calls with equal force upon the activity of honest men... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 218 pages
...without use. Public life is a situation of power and energy ; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy. PUNISHMENT OF REBELLION. THE body and mass of the people never ought to be treated as criminal. They... | |
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... virtue which is impracticable is spurious; and rather to run the risk of falling into faults in a course which leads us to act with effect and energy than to loiter out our days without blame and without use. Public life is a situation of power and... 
