 This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...  The works of ... Edmund Burke - Page 188by Edmund Burke - 1834Full view - About this book
 | 1775 - 868 pages
...full of- refources. In other countries, the people, more fimple and of a lefs mercurial caft, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the prelVuie of the grievance by the badnefs 'of the principle. They augur mifgovernmentat adiftance; and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...full of refources. In other countries, the people, more fimple and of a lefs mercurial caft, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the preffure of the grievance by the badnefs of the principle. They augur mifgovernment at a diftance;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...of refourees. I n other countries, .the people, more fimple and of a lefs mercurial caft, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the preffure of the grievance by the badnefs of the principle. They augur mifgovernment at a diftince;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...full of refources. In other countries, the people, more fimple and of a lefs mercurial caft, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the preffure of the grievance by the badnefs of the principle. They augur mifgovernment at a diftance ;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze. * The Attorney General. VOL. n. . F The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the colonies is hardly less... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1809 - 608 pages
...full of resources. In other countries the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze. from the Speech on Mr. Fox's East India Bill. THE several irruptions of Arabs, Tartars, and Persians... | |
 | Europe - 1811 - 558 pages
...lofty sentiments; — who " do not judge of an ill principle only by an actual grievance, " but who anticipate the evil and judge of the pressure of the " grievance by the badness of the principle; — who snuff the M approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." It could scarcely be credited that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuft the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze. [496 The last cause of this disobedient spirit... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government by an actual grievance : here they anticipate the...approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."* The statesmen who appeared at the dawn of the revolution attracted the admiration of Europe ; and the masterly... | |
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