 ... we have consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state...  The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 119by Edmund Burke - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 2008 - 590 pages
...the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent io pieces and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisoiioas weeds and wild... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1831 - 770 pages
...consecrated the State that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution. that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that, by their poisonous... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1955 - 384 pages
...the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horrour on those children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces,... | |
 | Gerardus van der Leeuw - 1935 - 344 pages
...consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling sollicitude. By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country... | |
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