 ... of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are...  Conciliation with the American Colonies - Stran 112avtor: Edmund Burke - 1900 - 117 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 strani
...truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all.VMagnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire and little minds... | |
 | 1886 - 924 strani
...forget — his speech on Conciliation with America, particularly the magnificent passage beginning, " Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom,...a great empire and little minds go ill together." You have echoed back the words in which, in his letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the hateful American... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1074 strani
...admirer», will be widely distant from the lasting convictions of the heart. Let me say, with Edmund Burke, magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom,...and a great empire and little minds go ill together. It is the love of the people, it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep... | |
 | George Perkins - 1869 - 60 strani
...peace-loving but a resolute people ; alienate not from your body the affections of a whole empire. 19. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America,... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 strani
...the noblest specimen of his most elevated style. It is there that his celebrated aphorism occurs : ' Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...a great empire and little minds go ill together.' In the former speech are found his famous portraits of his most eminent contemporaries — the great... | |
 | 1872 - 556 strani
...truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence,...conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 strani
...master principles which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial ex istence, are, in truth, everything, and all in all. Magnanimity...and a great empire and little minds go ill together. Let us get an American revenue as we have got an American empire. English privileges have made it all... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1874 - 342 strani
...CONJUNCTIONS. A CONJUNCTION is a word used to connect propositions or similar parts of propositions; as, "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest...a great empire and little minds go ill together." — Burke. Here the first and connects two propositions; the second and conuccts two logical subjects,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 strani
...truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence,...great empire and little minds go ill together. If we ure conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our station and ourselves,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 strani
...opinioc of such men as I have mentioned, hare no sub • in in in 1 existence, are in truth every thing re far from thinking you capable o" heard, as well as I, t place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America... | |
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