| 1818 - 638 pages
...efficacy. la a connexion, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use ; out of it, the greatest talents...one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle — When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...efficacy. In a connexion, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use ; out of it, the greatest talents...unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 522 pages
...vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematick endeavours are of power to defeat the subtle designs...one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough in a situation of trust in die commonwealth, that a man means well to his... | |
| Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 218 pages
...efficacy. In a connexion, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use; out of it, the greatest talents...unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...efficacy. In a connexion, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his, use ; out of it, the greatest talents...desultory, unsystematic endeavours are of power to de-. feat the subtle designs and united cabals of ambitious citizens. \Vhen bad men combine, the good... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1766 - 458 pages
...vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematick endeavours, are of power to defeat the subtle designs...citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate j else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1828 - 182 pages
...efficacy. In a connexion, .the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value and his use ; out of it, the greatest talents...unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain glory into enthusi<!an flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic endeavours... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...concurrence of the former, the latter are but impositions upon ourselves and others.—Taller. CCCXLI. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else...one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.—Burke. CCCXLIt Oh! rid me of this torture quickly there, My madam with the everlasting... | |
| John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...concurrence of the former, the latter are but impositions upon ourselves and others. — Taller. CCCXLJ. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else...one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.— Burke. CCCXLII. Oh! rid me of this torture quickly there, My madam with the everlasting... | |
| Maurice Cross - 1835 - 886 pages
...efficacy. In a connexion, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the. welkin of the whole, has his value and his use ; out of it, the greatest talents...vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that lijs single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic endeavours are of power to defeat the subtle designs... | |
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