 | Edmund Burke - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1800 - 76 pages
...experience has long fince taught me very little to refpect the declamations on that fubjecl: — whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence, " is hurled on gin" always I am thunderproof. The alembic, in my mind, hasfurnifhed to the world a far greater benefit and bleffing,... | |
 | 1801 - 584 pages
...experience has long fince taught me very little to refpect the declamations on that fubjefk, whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence, ' is hurled on gin,' always I am thunder-proof. The alembic, in my mind, has furniihed to the world a far greater, benefit and bleffing,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 432 pages
...taught me very little to refpeft the .declamations on that fubjecl — whether the th.up» der der of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence, " is " hurled...I am thunder proof. The alembick, in my mind, has furniflied the world a far greater benefit and bleffing, than if the opus maximum had been really found... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...will, use this or something similar to it in effect ; " Whether the thunder of the laws," says he, " or the thunder of eloquence, ' is hurled on gin,' always I am thunderproof." . Few things indeed which concerned the business, the well-being, or the wants of men... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence ' be hurled on gin,' always I am thunder proof. The alembic in my mind has furnished the world a far greater benefit and blessing, than if the apus maximum had been really found by chemistry, and like Midas, we could turn every thing into gold."... | |
 | William Sullivan - Temperance - 1832 - 78 pages
...of ardent spirits as being that which men ever have used, and ever will use,) says — ' Whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence is hurled on gin, always I am thunder proof.' Dr. Johnson is reported to have said, ' Claret for boys — port for men, and brandy for heroes.' —... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1834 - 788 pages
...has long since taught me very little to ' respect the declamations on that subject — whei ther the thunder of the laws or the thunder of ' eloquence...'is hurled on gin,' always I am thunder ' proof. The alembic, in my tnind, has furnished ' the world a far greater benefit and blessing, than ' if the opus... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 618 pages
...experience has long since taught me very little to respect the declamations on that suhject — whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence, " is hurled on gin" always I am thandcr proof. The alemhic, in my mind, has furnished the world a far greater henefit and hlessing,... | |
 | Junius (pseud.) - 1838 - 138 pages
...experience has long since taught me very little to respect the declamation on that subject. Whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence '...proof. The alembick, in my mind has furnished the world with a far greater benefit and blessing, than if the opus maximum had really been found by chemistry,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 572 pages
...experience has long since taught me very little to respect the declamations on that subject — whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence,...is hurled on gin," always I am thunder proof. The alembic, in my mind, has furnished the world a far greater benefit and blessing, than if the opus maximum... | |
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As to what is said, in a physical and moral view, against the home consumption of spirits, experience has long since taught me very little to respect the declamations on that subject — Whether the thunder of the laws, or the thunder of eloquence, "... 
