 | William Leggett - 1840 - 344 страница
...long ago, speaking of America, observed, that " in other countries, the people, more simple and of less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in...distance; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Little is this compliment deserved at the present day, whatever may have been the... | |
 | 1840 - 556 страница
...splendid speech on conciliation with America, said, " in other countries, the people more simple, and of less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in...principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuffthe approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Nor did this consummate statesman judge thia... | |
 | 1840 - 550 страница
...splendid speech on conciliation with America, said, " in other countries, the people more simple, and of less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in...principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuffthe approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Nor did this consummate statesman judge this... | |
 | 1840 - 548 страница
...splendid speech on conciliation with America, said, " in other countries, the people more simple, and of less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in...grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernmcnt at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Nor did this... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 334 страница
...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...principle in government only by an actual grievance ; here Shey anticipate the evil and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle.... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 страница
...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...principle in government only by an actual grievance ; here ^toey anticipate the evil and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle.... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 464 страница
...institution. Where there is a free press they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the future grievance by the badness of the principle. " They...distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."* • Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, p. 86. The value of free discussion... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 страница
...institution. Where there is a free press they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the future grievance by the badness of the principle. " They...distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."* The value of free discussion as a kind of safety-valve by which dangerous accumulations... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 страница
...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 aw ill principle in government only by an actual grievance ; but there, they anticipate the evil, and... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 548 страница
...In his speech on American affairs, 1775, he speaks of them as that profession which teaches men to "augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." He has certainly underrated the lawyers of the National Assembly. In England, owing... | |
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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.... 
