 | John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 562 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 an ill principle in government ouly by an actual grievance ; here," — in the colonies — "they anticipate the evil, and judge of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 страница
...inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, tho xwt hy an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of tho grievance... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 страница
...described by Burke. " I* other countries the people, more simple, of a less mercurial cast, judge of am ill principle in government only by an actual grievance...distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Such was the superiority of Otis over every other member of the house in ta'.ents,... | |
 | James F. Johnston - 1862 - 62 страница
...p. 440. That was a period when the pulse of liberty beat high. "In other countries," said Burke, " the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast,...badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment from a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Is it probable, then,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 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 an ill principle iu government only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 728 страница
...men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less...distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." If the reader will turn to this great speech, one of the greatest ever delivered,... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 страница
...men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less...badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment ut * distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." If the reader will turn... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 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...distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze. The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the colonies is hardly less powerful than... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - 1865 - 350 страница
...as "acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people more simple, and of a less mercurial...and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the baseness of the principle." 8 The inevitableness of popular intelligence as the result of a living... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - 1865 - 352 страница
...and of a less mereurial east, judge of an ill prineiple in government only by an actual grievanee; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievanee by the baseness of the prineiple." 2 The inevitableness of popular intelligenee as the result... | |
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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.... 
