On the scheme of this barbarous philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom, as it is destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their own terrors, and by... The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 99by Edmund Burke - 1839Full view - About this book
| John Franklin Genung - English language - 1889 - 326 pages
...philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom, as it is destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their s0 own terrors, and by the concern which each individual may find in them from his own private speculations,... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1890 - 568 pages
...philosophy, which is the 20 offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom, as it is destitute of all taste and elegance,...In the groves of their academy, at the end of every visto, you see nothing but the gallows. Nothing is left which engages the affections on the part of... | |
| John Franklin Genung - English language - 1890 - 328 pages
...it is destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their &> own terrors.mnd by the concern which each individual may find in them...can spare to them from his own private interests. (I In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. | Nothing... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - Literary Criticism - 1890 - 320 pages
...philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom as it is destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their own terms, and by the concern which each individual may find in them from his own private speculations,... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1894 - 328 pages
...philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom as it is destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their own terms, and by the concern which each individual may find in them from his own private speculations,... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - English Literature - 1894 - 342 pages
...the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom as it ia destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their own terms, and by the concern which each individual may find in them from his own private speculations,... | |
| John MacCunn - Citizenship - 1894 - 242 pages
...afterwards distinguished their followers in Paris. " In the groves of their Academy," said Burke, " at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows." x He said it of the politicians. It is equally true of the theorists. Radicalism, however, is so radical... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1896 - 338 pages
...philosophy, which 15 is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom as it is destitute of all taste and elegance,...concern which each individual may find in them from his 20 own private speculations, or can spare to them from his own private interests. In the groves of... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1899 - 346 pages
...philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom as it is destitute of all taste and elegance, laws are to be supported only by their own terms, and by the concern which each individual may find in them from his own private speculations,... | |
| University of Sydney - 1901 - 644 pages
...philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings, and which is as void of solid wisdom as it is destitute of all taste and elegance,...them from his own private interests. In the groves of thfir academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Nothing is left which engages... | |
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