Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the... The North British Review - Seite 1351857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1849 - 782 Seiten
...importunate clink, while thousands of great cattle, reposing beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those...though loud and troublesome insects of the hour." The withering sarcasm of this figure is only equalled by that of Sydney Smith, who said, speaking of... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 Seiten
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those...after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, лк-а-^ге, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." abuse and in the removal... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 Seiten
...importúnalo chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew riesthood, the depository of their laws, learning,...history, the guides of the, people whilst living, ore many in number; or that, after oil, they are other than the Utile shrivelled, meagre, hopping,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 Seiten
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew nious, I am sure is safe. There are indeed words expressive of grievance in this secon inhahitants of the field ; that of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 Seiten
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew rom their conduct, or their expressions, in a state...government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument Thus he is guilty of the inconsistency of at once despising and ^reading them, of proving them to be... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1839 - 546 Seiten
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those...or that, after all, they are other than the little shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour. I almost venture to affirm,... | |
| 1895 - 686 Seiten
...chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposing beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the ii ui and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who...inhabitants of the field ; that, of course, they are many a number or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud... | |
| John Newton - 1839 - 496 Seiten
...under a fern, make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those, who make the noise, are i the only inhabitants of the field.' " But I must remark, that nothing has been more profitable to... | |
| 1839 - 908 Seiten
...of the British oak, are chewing the cud and are silent," — \\o are not, I say, on that account to imagine that " those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field, or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, the loud and troublesome... | |
| 1840 - 552 Seiten
...man imagine that those who make the noise are the chief inhabitants of the field, that they are even many in number, or that, after all, they are other...though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." The puny efforts of these famishing intolérants to do serious mischief cannot avail. Their English... | |
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