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" he lies floating many a rood' he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against his origin, and covers me all over with the spray, everything of him and about... "
A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ... - Page 451
by William Minto - 1895 - 552 pages
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A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol: Previous to the ...

Edmund Burke - 1780 - 206 pages
...ocean of the Royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilft " he lies floating many a. rood," he is ftill a creature. His ribs, his fins, his( whalebone, his blubber, the very fpiracles through which he fpouts a torrent of brine againft his origin, and covers me all over with...
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The New, general and complete weekly magazine; or, entertaining Mercury

302 pages
...the ocean of the Royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whillt "he lies floating many a rood," he is ftill a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very fpiracles through which he fpoutsa torrent of brine againft his origin, and covers me all over with...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 440 pages
...fpouts a torrent of brine againft his origin, and covers me all over with the fpray, — every thing of him and about him is from the throne. Is it for him to queftion the difpenfation of the royal favour ? I really am at a lofs to draw any fort of parallel...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 444 pages
...ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilft " he lies float" ing many a rood," he is ftill a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very fpiracles through which he fpouts a torrent of brine againft his origin, and covers me all over with...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 446 pages
...ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilft " he lies float" ing many a rood," he is ftill a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very fpiracles through which he fpouts a torrent of brine againft his origin, and covers me all over with...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 540 pages
...about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst " he lies floating many a rood," he is still...his origin, and covers me all over with the spray, — every thing of him and about him is from the throne. Is it for him to question the dispensation...
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Philosophical Essays: To which are Subjoined, Copious Notes, Critical and ...

James Ogilvie - 1816 - 436 pages
...more than regal bounty: huge as he is, and whilst he lies floating ' many a rood,' he is still its creature: his ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber,...through which he spouts a torrent of brine, against the mag-- -an.trim in doctor, and covers his disciples all over with the spray, every thing of him...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 35

1834 - 1046 pages
...unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolic* in the ocean of the Royal bounty. Huge as he is, and while he ' lie* floating many a rood,' he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against his origin, and covers me all...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolics in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst ' he lies floating many a rood' he is still...his origin, and covers me all over with the spray — : every thing of him, and about him, is from the crown. Is it for him to question the dispensation...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - 1826 - 526 pages
...about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst " he lies floating many a rood," he is still...very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of biine against his origin, and covers me all over with the spray, — every thing of him and about him...
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