 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...  Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1835-1851 - Stran 640avtor: Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 747 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 strani
...general acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate...are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make tke noise are the ONLY INHABITANTS of the field ; that, of course, they ai'e many in number ; or that,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 strani
...mark of acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen grashoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate...pray do not imagine that those who make the noise arc the only inhahitants of the field; that of course, they are many in number; or that, after all,... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 strani
...grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring \vith their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those that make the noise, are ' the only inhabitants of the field.' " But 1 must remark, that nothing has... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 strani
...point, a sentence from Burke will commend itself to our readers. " Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern, make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattli5, reposed beneath the shadows of the British oak, chew their cud and are silent, pray do not... | |
 | Ferris Pell - 1819 - 202 strani
...acquiescence in their opinions. " No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen " grasshoppers under a fern, make the field ring with " their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great " cattle repose in the shade and are silent, pray do not " imagine, that those who make the noise, are the only... | |
 | Timothy Touchstone (pseud.) - 1820 - 82 strani
...kindred spirits, may find their way into the North, deceive vou. " Because half a dozen grasshop" pers under a fern, make the field ring " with their importunate chink, whilst " thousands of great cattle, reposing be" neath the shadow of the British oak, ." chew the cud, and are silent, pray do " not imagine... | |
 | 1821 - 362 strani
...general acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate...reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cnd and are silent, pray do not imagine, that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of... | |
 | 1835 - 1024 strani
...under a fern make the field ring by their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle repose beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent, that they who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that they are many in number ;... | |
 | Robert Adam - 1823 - 530 strani
...abilities, be reminded, in the language of the inimitable Burke ; — " Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great tattle repose beneath the'shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent, pray do not imagine... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1824 - 160 strani
...grasshoppers 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 tie noise, are ' the only inhabitants of the field.' " But I must remark, that nothing has been more... | |
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