 Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.  The North American Review - Stran 432uredili: - 1843Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1870 - 596 strani
...hopelessly incompatible with goodness? Must the brightest of mankind be invariably the meanest ? ' The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.' Is the plumage of soaring ambition made up of deceit, dissimulation, vain glory,... | |
 | 1870 - 606 strani
...greatness hopelessly incompatible with goodness? Must the brightest of mankind be invariably the meanest? 'The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.' Is the plumage of soaring ambition made up of deceit, dissimulation, vain glory,... | |
 | 1870 - 604 strani
...hopelessly incompatible with goodness? Must the brightest of mankind be invariably the meanest ? ' The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.' Is the plumage of soaring ambition made up of deceit, dissimulation, vain glory,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 strani
...Canning said, "The tartan beats us; we have no preaching like that in England." 12. Private credit is wealth ; public honor is security. The feather...supports his flight : strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. — JUNIUS. 13. The chariot ! the chariot ! its wheels roll on fire ! As the... | |
 | 1873 - 790 strani
...credit is wealth ; public honour is security ; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight ; strip him of his plumage and you pin him to the earth." "These grand talking^, however, do not quite convince us ; we remain incredulous, and perhaps even... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1874 - 412 strani
...the language of the metaphor is sustained and consistent throughout: Speaking of the king's honor: "The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth."—Juniut. "In the shipwreck of the state, trifles float and are preserved; white... | |
 | F. Peel - 1874 - 144 strani
...used to introduce a quotation or a speech. 1. I admire this proverb : " Well begun is half done." 2. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight : strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. (Junius.) 5. INTERROGATION. The note of interrogation (?) at the end of a sentence... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 484 strani
...hopelessly incompatible with goodness ? Must the brightest of mankind be invariably the meanest ? ' The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his 1 M. Lanfrey is at present French Minister Plenipotentiary for Switzerland. In a letter dated Berne,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 456 strani
...hopelessly incompatible with goodness ? Must the brightest of mankind be invariably the meanest ? ' The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his 1 M. Lanfrey is at present French Minister Plenipotentiary for Switzerland. In a letter dated Berne,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 strani
...individual or to a community, it is the foundation of peace, of independence, and of safety. Private credit is wealth ; public honor is security. The feather...supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to tJie earth." Such arc some of the characteristics of the style of Junius, which made Mr.... | |
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