 | Peter Cochrane - 2006 - 622 Seiten
...over as if it did not exist. He quoted Burke 's lovely metaphor for imperial rule as it should be — "ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron" — and as he moved towards the end of his speech he warned that this was the "eleventh hour" and the... | |
 | Libb Thims - 2007 - 434 Seiten
...Edmund Burke stated in his Speech on Conciliation with America, in reference to human bonds, that 'these ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.' This, of course, is a metaphor. The links of iron are called metallic bonds, in which the atoms are... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 212 Seiten
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 | Anon - 2008 - 544 Seiten
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 | Edmund Burke - 2007 - 100 Seiten
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My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. 
