 | 1827 - 492 strani
...full proportions of a statesman and legislator? In such an emergency, " when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out ; when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent," must not the " attorneys," Adams and Jefferson, be overwhelmed in the stormy elements, which, like... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 strani
...admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters Out, when a new and troubled scene...ever office gave, or than office can ever give. Mr. Grenvllle thought better of the wisdom and power of human legislation than in truth it deserves. He... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 strani
...admirably well, as long as things go on in their common' order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." that general principles assist us in the conduct of affairs ; they render the application of our practical... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 strani
...admirably well, as long as things go on in their common' order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." Nor is it in new combinations of circumstances alone, that general principles assist us in the conduct... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1831 - 590 strani
...admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." Men of general views possess a natural superiority over the common drudges in business, whose ideas... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1831 - 544 strani
...long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that...greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprcdien sion of things is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." praise... | |
 | Thomas Attwood - 1832 - 208 strani
...do admirably well as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the^/e affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 strani
...do admirably well as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene...Grenville thought better of the wisdom and power of human legiblation than in truth it deserves. He conceived, and many conceived along with him, that the flourishing... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1835 - 582 strani
...admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, — when a new and troubled...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give *." It cannot be too frequently impressed upon those who, before embracing the legal profession, have... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 strani
...admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken il there. The disease is altered; but the vicinity of the affonls no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension... | |
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... order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things is requisite,... 
