 ... we have consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but 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...  Essays on Professional Education - Page 409by Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1809 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...he should never dream of beginning its reforma tion by its subversion ; that he should approach ti the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By thi wise prejudice we are taught to look with horrour ot those children of their country who are prompt... | |
 | England - 1834 - 1046 pages
...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 wounds of a father,...By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 362 pages
...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 wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitnde. By this wise prejndice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country... | |
 | Arminianism - 1821 - 992 pages
...most unquestionable and wholesome laws. HA matchless writer* finely observes, ' We should approach to the faults of the state, as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe, and trembling solicitude.' Suppose, indeed, that young persons in general were to practice a flippant and contemptuous opposition... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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 wounds of a father,...By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1831 - 762 pages
...Lhat he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion, that he should approach to the faults of the State as to the wounds of a father,...By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces,... | |
 | Richard Whately - Rhetoric - 1833 - 376 pages
...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 wounds of a father, with * This however, being an instance of what may be called the classical Metaphor, no preparation or explanation,... | |
 | England - 1834 - 1056 pages
...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 wounds of a father,...By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces,... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - American essays - 1836 - 676 pages
...should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion ; he should approach to its faults as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. He should look with horrour on those children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack that... | |
 | David M'Nicoll - 1837 - 688 pages
...the most unquestionable and wholesome laws. A matchless writer finely observes, " We should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe, and trembling solicitude."* Suppose, indeed, that young persons in general were to practise a flippant and contemptuous opposition... | |
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