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" Is it not the same virtue which does everything for us here in England ? Do you imagine then, that it is the land tax act which raises your revenue ? that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply, which gives you your army ? or that it is the... "
The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke - Page 88
by Peter Burke - 1854 - 316 pages
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Foliorum centuriae, selections for translation into Latin and Greek prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION. Is it not the same virtue which does everything for us here in England? It is the love of the people, it is their attachment...base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom: and a great empire and little minds go ill...
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Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army 1 or that it is the mutiny bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No...base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber. All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and...
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Works, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...the annual vote in the Committee of Supply which gives you your army ? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No...base rabble and your navy nothing but rotten timber. All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the ..., Volume 5

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1034 pages
...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...glorious institution, which gives you your army and navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble,...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the ..., Volume 5

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1074 pages
...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...their government, from the sense of the deep stake thej have in euch a glorious institution, which gives you your army and navy, and infuses into both...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 pages
...annual vote in the committee of supply, which gives you your army ? or that it is the mutiny bill, which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No...base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber. All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and...
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Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine, Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1870 - 552 pages
...the annual vote in the Committee of Supply which gives you your army ? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No!...rabble, and your navy .nothing but rotten timber." Gentlemen, to conclude, my fervent wish is, that we may not conjure up a spirit to destroy ourselves,...
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Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine, Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1870 - 552 pages
...gives you your army ? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipliae ? No ! surely no ! It is the love of the people ; it...without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy.nothing but rotten timber." Gentlemen, to cenclude, my fervent wish is, that we may not conjure...
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Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine, Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1870 - 586 pages
...army ? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No ! surely no I It is the love of the people ; it is their attachment...institution, which gives you your army and your navy, and inf uses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army? or that it is the mutiny bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No...base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber. All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and...
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