...with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion ; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the...aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may regenerate the paternal...

...that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father...children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettte of magicians, in the hope that by their poisonous...

...society. It is "wise Prejudice," he avowed, to venerate and to demonstrate loyalty to the nation; one should "approach to the faults of the state as to...the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude."22 Society is indeed a contract [he wrote in one of the most famous and eloquent passages...

...unto him who turns against the fathers, the previous generation. In Burke's impassioned words, a man "should approach to the faults of the state as to...who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces."3 Society, Burke agreed, is a contract — but it is a binding one for all generations. Not...

...reformer of the state would "never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion," but would "approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds...father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude," and would "look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged...

...contemplated any reform of the state should do so with reverence and caution, approaching (he says) ' to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling sollicitude'.27 Also, to maintain the credibility and value of the state religion, it was necessary...

...and reassemble it on new lines. Burke preferred a medical image to a mechanical one: he said that one "should approach to the faults of the state as to...father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude"; and he expressed horror at "those children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack that aged...

...had no mind to allow revolution to extend itself beyond that limited sphere. As Burke said, he was 'taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompted rashly to hack that aged parent to pieces and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes...

...later image in the same work by which we are exhorted to look with horror on the revolutionists as children of their country who are prompt rashly to...aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may regenerate the paternal...

...with due caution, that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion, that he in the opinions magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds and wild incantations they may regenerate the paternal...